Shloka 27
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 125: Duryodhana’s despair and vow after Jayadratha’s fall (जयद्रथवधे दुर्योधनविलापः)
अथान्यद् धनुरादाय पुत्रस्तव जनेश्वर
athānyad dhanur ādāya putras tava janeśvara
Sañjaya said: Then, O lord of men, your son took up another bow—signaling a renewed resolve to continue the fight despite the strain and reversals of battle, and showing how, in war, determination can harden into relentless persistence.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights steadfastness and the will to persist; ethically, it invites reflection on how determination in a righteous duty can also become obstinacy when the larger moral direction of the war is compromised.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Duryodhana, after a prior exchange, takes up a different bow—preparing to re-engage and continue the combat.