Shloka 42
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय 54: फल्गुन-प्रतिरोधः, सौबली-व्यूह-विध्वंसः, दुर्योधन-भीष्म-संवादः
यथोक्तः स नृदेवेन विष्णुर्वज्ञभूता यथा । (बा्हस्पत्येन विधिना व्यूहमार्गविचक्षण: ।) प्रभाते सर्वसैन्यानामग्रे चक्रे धनंजयम्
sañjaya uvāca | yathoktaḥ sa nṛdevena viṣṇur vajrabhūtā yathā | (bārhaspatyena vidhinā vyūhamārgavicakṣaṇaḥ |) prabhāte sarvasainyānām agre cakre dhanañjayam |
Dijo Sañjaya: Así como Indra, portador del rayo, podría dirigirse al Señor Viṣṇu, del mismo modo—después de que el rey entre los hombres, Yudhiṣṭhira, habló como ya se ha referido—Dhṛṣṭadyumna, versado en los caminos de las formaciones, dispuso al alba el orden de batalla de todas las huestes según el método enseñado por Bṛhaspati, y colocó a Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) al frente de todas las fuerzas.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Competent leadership in dharmic conflict requires disciplined preparation and adherence to proven counsel: the army is arranged at dawn by a commander skilled in formations, following an authoritative method (attributed to Bṛhaspati), and the foremost warrior is positioned where responsibility is greatest.
After Yudhiṣṭhira’s prior instruction, Dhṛṣṭadyumna organizes the Pandava forces into a battle-array before sunrise, using the formation-method associated with Bṛhaspati, and he stations Arjuna at the head of the combined troops.