Shloka 29
'धृष्टद्युम्न! यहाँ तुम्हारे सिवा दूसरा कोई ऐसा पुरुष नहीं है, जो आचार्यके साथ जूझनेका साहस कर सके। अतः तुम पहले उनके वधके लिये ही शीघ्रतापूर्वक प्रयत्न करो। तुमपर ही इसका सारा भार रखा गया है' ।। स तथोक्तो महाबाहु: सर्वभारसहं धनु: । अभिपत्याददे क्षिप्रमायुधप्रवरं दृढम्,भीमसेनके ऐसा कहनेपर महाबाहु धृष्टद्युम्नने उछलकर शीघ्रतापूर्वक सारा भार सहन करनेमें समर्थ सुदृढ़ एवं श्रेष्ठ आयुध धनुषको उठा लिया
sañjaya uvāca | dhṛṣṭadyumna! iha tvadṛte nānyaḥ kaścid eva puruṣa ācāryeṇa saha yoddhuṃ śaknoti; tasmāt tvaṃ pūrvam eva tasya vadhahetor āśu prayatnasva | tvayi hy asya sarvo bhāraḥ nyastaḥ || sa tathokto mahābāhuḥ sarvabhārasahaṃ dhanuḥ | abhipatyādade kṣipram āyudhapravaraṃ dṛḍham ||
Sañjaya said: “Dhṛṣṭadyumna, here there is no other man besides you who can dare to grapple with the Ācārya. Therefore, swiftly strive first and foremost for his slaying. The entire burden of this has been placed upon you.” Thus addressed, the mighty-armed Dhṛṣṭadyumna sprang forward and quickly took up his firm, excellent weapon—his bow—capable of bearing every strain.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights concentrated responsibility in dharma under crisis: when a task is judged necessary for the larger cause, it is entrusted to the one person deemed capable, and that person must act with resolve while bearing the moral weight of the deed.
Sañjaya reports that Dhṛṣṭadyumna is urged to confront and kill Droṇa because no other warrior is considered able to face him effectively; Dhṛṣṭadyumna then rushes forward and takes up his strong, excellent bow to undertake that charge.