Shloka 12

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ६२: वासुदेवमहात्म्यप्रशंसा (देव–ब्रह्मसंवादः)

Devanagari script

ततो धर्मसुतो राजा माद्रीपुत्री च पाण्डवौ । मिषतां सर्वसैन्यानां द्रोणानीकमुपाद्रवन्‌,तब धर्मपुत्र राजा युधिष्ठिर तथा माद्रीकुमार पाण्डुनन्द्न नकुल-सहदेवने समस्त सेनाओंके देखते-देखते द्रोणाचार्यकी सेनापर धावा किया

Transliteration

tato dharmasuto rājā mādrīputrī ca pāṇḍavau | miṣatāṃ sarvasainyānāṃ droṇānīkam upādravan ||

Translation

Sañjaya dit : Alors le roi Yudhiṣṭhira, fils de Dharma, avec les deux Pāṇḍava nés de Mādrī, chargea droit sur le dispositif de Droṇa, sous les yeux de toutes les armées.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

धर्मसुतःDharma's son (Yudhiṣṭhira)

राजाking

माद्रीपुत्रीMādrī’s daughter (Draupadī, as read here)

चand

पाण्डवौthe two Pāṇḍavas

मिषताम्while (they) were looking on

सर्वसैन्यानाम्of all the armies

द्रोणानीकम्Droṇa’s battle-array/army-division

उपाद्रवन्they rushed/attacked

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmasuta)

Mādrī

Nakula

Sahadeva

Droṇa

the armies (Kaurava and Pāṇḍava forces)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic leadership in crisis: a righteous king does not hide behind others but takes visible responsibility in battle, confronting even a revered and formidable opponent (Droṇa) with courage and accountability.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Yudhiṣṭhira, accompanied by Nakula and Sahadeva (the sons of Mādrī), launches an open charge against Droṇa’s forces/formation, in full view of the assembled armies.