Shloka 16
Adhyāya 195 — Arjuna’s Capability and Restraint Regarding Divyāstras
Udyoga Parva
मध्यमे च विराटं च जयत्सेनं च पाण्डव:
madhyame ca virāṭaṃ ca jayatsenaṃ ca pāṇḍavaḥ, anvayātāṃ tadā madhye vāsudeva-dhanañjayau |
पाण्डव ने व्यूह के मध्यभाग में राजा विराट और जयत्सेन को स्थापित किया; और उसी मध्य में वासुदेव (श्रीकृष्ण) तथा धनञ्जय (अर्जुन) सेना के पीछे-पीछे चलते हुए व्यवस्था का अनुसरण कर रहे थे।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in warfare, dharma expresses itself as order, restraint, and guided power: the presence of Kṛṣṇa with Arjuna at the center symbolizes that strength should be directed by wise counsel and ethical discernment, not by impulse.
A battle formation is being arranged: Virāṭa and Jayatsena are placed in the central division, while Kṛṣṇa (as charioteer/counselor) and Arjuna move in the midst, proceeding behind the army as it advances.