Shloka 13
उपायैः पूर्ववधकथनम् / Strategic Justifications for Prior Eliminations
प्रभद्रकाश्न॒ पञज्चाला: षट्सहस्रा: प्रहारिण:
prabhadrakāś ca pañcālāḥ ṣaṭsahasrāḥ prahāriṇaḥ
Sañjaya dit : Les Prabhadrakas et les Pañcālas — au nombre de six mille — s’avancèrent en assaillants farouches, frappant au cœur du combat.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights collective resolve and the momentum of armed duty in a righteous-war framework: large bodies of warriors act as a single force, showing how allegiance and obligation can drive intense violence, inviting reflection on the moral weight of mass conflict.
Sañjaya reports that the Prabhadrakas together with the Pañcālas, numbering six thousand, are actively attacking—depicting a significant Pañcāla-aligned contingent pressing the fight during the Drona Parva battles.