Shloka 39
Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam
Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32
ते त्वार्यधर्मसंरब्धा दुर्निवारा दुरासदा:
te tv āryadharmasaṃrabdhā durnivārā durāsadāḥ
Sanjaya said: But those men, stirred and bound by the code of noble duty, were not to be held back and were hard to approach—unyielding in their resolve to act as they deemed righteous amid the press of war.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how commitment to ārya-dharma—one’s perceived noble duty—can make warriors unwavering: ethically motivated resolve can render a person difficult to deter, for good or ill, especially in a battlefield context.
Sanjaya describes a group of fighters as driven by their sense of honorable duty; consequently they are portrayed as unstoppable and formidable—hard to restrain and hard to confront—within the ongoing combat of the Droṇa Parva.