Shloka 276
स्थास्यते रक्षितो वीरै: सिंधुराट् स सुदुर्मद: । “ट्रोणाचार्यने ऐसा व्यूह बनाया है, जिसका अगला आधा भाग शकटके आकारका है और पिछला कमलके समान। कमलव्यूहके मध्यकी कर्णिकाके बीच सूचीव्यूहके पार्श्व भागमें युद्धदुर्मद सिन्धुराज जयद्रथ खड़ा होगा और अन्यान्य वीर उसकी रक्षा करते रहेंगे
sthāsyate rakṣito vīraiḥ sindhurāṭ sa sudurmadaḥ |
Sañjaya said: The Sindhu king Jayadratha, swollen with pride, will take his stand there, guarded on all sides by warriors. In the unfolding stratagem of war, his protection is made a deliberate moral and tactical choice—placing a single man at the heart of a formation so that duty, loyalty, and the costs of violence converge upon him.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how pride (mada) and protection by allies can intensify conflict: when a leader is deliberately shielded, the struggle becomes not only tactical but also ethical, testing loyalty, duty, and the consequences of placing ego and strategy above restraint.
Sañjaya describes a battlefield arrangement in which Jayadratha, the king of Sindhu, is stationed at a key point and is to be defended by surrounding warriors, indicating a planned effort to hold him secure within a larger formation.