Shloka 64
धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणरथारोহণं सात्यकेः प्रतिरक्षणं च | Dhrishtadyumna Boards Droṇa’s Chariot; Sātyaki’s Counter-Protection
अपायाच्छस्त्रमुत्सूज्य कोपदुःखसमन्वित: । *राजा धृतराष्ट्रकी वैश्यजातीय पत्नीका परम बुद्धिमान् पुत्र युयुत्सु कोप और दुःखसे युक्त हो कौरवोंसे उपर्युक्त बातें कहकर शस्त्र त्यागककर चला आया है' ।। किमर्थमेतन्नाख्यातं त्वया कृष्ण रणे मम
sañjaya uvāca |
apāyāc chastram utsṛjya kopaduḥkhasamanvitaḥ |
rājā dhṛtarāṣṭrasya vaiśyajātīyapatnyāḥ paramabuddhimān putro yuyutsuḥ kopa-duḥkhayuktaḥ kauravān uktvā śastraṃ tyaktvā calita āgataḥ ||
kimartham etan nākhyātaṃ tvayā kṛṣṇa raṇe mama ||
Sañjaya said: “Yuyutsu—the exceedingly intelligent son of King Dhṛtarāṣṭra by his wife of Vaiśya birth—overcome with anger and grief, spoke those words to the Kauravas and then, casting aside his weapon, withdrew and came away. Why, O Kṛṣṇa, did you not tell me this in the midst of the battle?”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid war, inner conscience can compel a person to reject participation in wrongdoing: Yuyutsu, shaken by anger and grief at the Kauravas’ conduct, abandons his weapon and withdraws—suggesting that dharma may require stepping back from adharma, even at personal cost.
Sañjaya reports that Yuyutsu, Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son by a Vaiśya-born wife, spoke strongly to the Kauravas and then left the fighting after throwing down his weapon. The speaker then questions Kṛṣṇa about why this development was not communicated earlier during the battle.