Shloka 2
अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः
Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle
युधिष्ठिरों भीमसेनो धृष्टद्युम्नश्न पार्षत: । युयुधानश्न संयत्ता युद्धायैव मनो दधु: २ ।। संजय कहते हैं--राजन! द्रोणपुत्र अश्वत्थामाके द्वारा द्रपद और कुन्तिभोजके पुत्रों तथा सहसौ्रों राक्षसरोंको मारा गया देख युधिष्ठिर, भीमसेन, द्रुपदकुमार धुृष्टद्युम्न तथा युयुधानने भी सावधान होकर युद्धमें ही मन लगाया
yudhiṣṭhiro bhīmaseno dhṛṣṭadyumnaś ca pārṣataḥ | yuyudhānaś ca saṃyattā yuddhāyaiva mano dadhuḥ || 2 ||
Sañjaya said: “O King, seeing Aśvatthāmā, the son of Droṇa, slay Drupada, the sons of Kuntibhoja, and thousands of rākṣasas, Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīmasena, Dhṛṣṭadyumna the son of Pārṣata (Drupada), and Yuyudhāna all became fully alert and prepared, fixing their minds solely upon battle.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
In a moment of grave crisis, the leaders of the Pāṇḍava side gather their inner discipline (saṃyatta) and direct their intention toward the duty at hand—battle as a form of kṣatriya responsibility—showing steadiness of mind rather than panic or despair.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, and Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki) become fully prepared and concentrate on fighting, responding to the escalating violence and danger on the battlefield.