Shloka 11
अमृष्यमाणे दुर्धर्षे कथमासीन्मनो हि व: । धृतराष्ट्रने पूछा--संजय! क्रोध और अमर्षमें भरे हुए दुर्धर्ष वीर अर्जुन जब मेरे पुत्रकी सेनामें प्रविष्ट हुए, उस समय तुमलोगोंके मनकी कैसी अवस्था हुई? ।। किमकुर्वत सैन्यानि प्रविष्टे परपीडने
amṛṣyamāṇe durdharṣe katham āsīn mano hi vaḥ | dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa pṛṣṭaḥ—sañjaya! krodha-amārṣeṇa pūrṇo durdharṣa-vīraḥ arjunaḥ yadā mama putrasya senāyāṃ praviṣṭaḥ, tadā yuṣmākaṃ manasaḥ kā āsīt avasthā? kim akurvata sainyāni praviṣṭe para-pīḍane ||
Sañjaya said: “When the unassailable Arjuna, unable to endure the affront and filled with wrathful indignation, entered the army of your sons to crush the enemy, what was the state of your men’s minds then? And what did the troops do when that tormentor of foes had broken into their ranks?”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral-psychological dimension of war: uncontrolled anger and indignation can become a driving force, but its immediate effect is seen in the collapse or steadiness of collective morale. It implicitly asks whether warriors can maintain composure and dharmic resolve when confronted by a formidable opponent.
Dhritarashtra, anxious about his sons’ fate, asks Sanjaya to describe the Kaurava soldiers’ mental state and actions when Arjuna—formidable and enraged—penetrated their battle formation to strike them down.