Shloka 69
गच्छन्नेव तु कौन्तेयो धर्मराजदिदृक्षया । सैन्यमालोकयामास नापश्यत् तत्र चाग्रजम्,भारत! कुन्तीकुमार अर्जुनने द्रोणपुत्रके साथ युद्ध करके रणभूमिमें वज्रधारी इन्द्रके लिये भी दुःसह उस गुरुपुत्रको पराजित करनेके पश्चात् जाते समय धर्मराजको देखनेकी इच्छासे सारी सेनापर दृष्टिपात किया। परंतु वहाँ कहीं भी अपने बड़े भाईको नहीं देखा
gacchann eva tu kaunteyo dharmarāja-didṛkṣayā | sainyam ālokayāmāsa nāpaśyat tatra cāgrajam, bhārata ||
Sañjaya said: As the son of Kuntī was departing, eager to see King Dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira), he cast his gaze over the army; but there, O Bhārata, he did not see his elder brother.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid warfare’s chaos, dharma expresses itself as steadfast responsibility toward rightful leadership and family duty: Arjuna’s first impulse after action is to seek the welfare and presence of Dharmarāja, the moral center of the Pāṇḍavas.
Sañjaya reports that Arjuna, while moving on with the intention of meeting Yudhiṣṭhira, scans the assembled forces but cannot find his elder brother there—setting up concern about Yudhiṣṭhira’s location or condition in the ongoing battle.