Shloka 19
Adhyāya 65: Dawn Assembly, Makara–Śyena Vyūhas, and Commander Engagements
धार्तराष्ट्रानू दश रथान् दशैव प्रत्यवारयन् । नानारूपाणि शस्त्राणि विसृजन्तो विशाम्पते
dhārtarāṣṭrānū daśa rathān daśaiva pratyavārayan | nānārūpāṇi śastrāṇi visṛjanto viśāmpate ||
संजय बोले—प्रजानाथ! धार्तराष्ट्रों के उन दस रथों को पाण्डव-पक्ष के ठीक दस महारथियों ने रोक लिया। क्रोध से भरे भीमसेन, द्रुपदपुत्र धृष्टद्युम्न, माद्रीसुत नकुल और सहदेव, द्रौपदी के पाँचों पुत्र तथा अभिमन्यु—ये दसों नाना प्रकार के अस्त्र-शस्त्र बरसाते हुए उन्हें पीछे हटाते रहे।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined resistance and coordinated duty in war: matched opponents restrain aggression through skill and steadiness, reflecting kṣatriya-dharma—courage, order, and responsibility amid violence.
Sañjaya reports to the king that ten Kaurava chariot-warriors were stopped by ten Pāṇḍava-side heroes—Bhīma, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Nakula, Sahadeva, Draupadī’s five sons, and Abhimanyu—who attacked with varied weapons and prevented their advance.