Shloka 7
Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Duel and the Discharge of the Śakti (शल्यवधप्रसङ्गः)
भीमसेनस्तु राजानं गदापाणिरवारयत् | शल्यं तु सह सैन्येन कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिर:
bhīmasenas tu rājānaṃ gadāpāṇir avārayat | śalyaṃ tu saha sainyena kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
Sañjaya dit : Bhīmasena, la massue à la main, arrêta l’avancée du roi. Et Yudhiṣṭhira, fils de Kuntī, retint Śalya avec ses troupes.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
In the battlefield setting, the verse highlights duty-oriented restraint and protection: leaders and warriors act to check destructive momentum, meeting force with disciplined opposition as required by kṣatriya-dharma.
Sañjaya reports simultaneous engagements: Bhīma, wielding his mace, blocks the advance of the king, while Yudhiṣṭhira confronts and holds back Śalya together with his troops.