Shloka 27
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 125: Duryodhana’s despair and vow after Jayadratha’s fall (जयद्रथवधे दुर्योधनविलापः)
अथान्यद् धनुरादाय पुत्रस्तव जनेश्वर
athānyad dhanur ādāya putras tava janeśvara
Sañjaya dit : Puis, ô seigneur des hommes, ton fils saisit un autre arc—signe d’une résolution ranimée de poursuivre le combat malgré la fatigue et les revers, montrant comment, dans la guerre, la détermination peut se durcir en une persévérance implacable.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights steadfastness and the will to persist; ethically, it invites reflection on how determination in a righteous duty can also become obstinacy when the larger moral direction of the war is compromised.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Duryodhana, after a prior exchange, takes up a different bow—preparing to re-engage and continue the combat.