Shloka 1066
गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह
Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation
अभ्यवर्तत गाड़ेय: श्वेतं सेनापतिं द्रुतम् । भरतश्रेष्ठ] आपके पिता गंगानन्दन भीष्मने नरश्रेष्ठ भीमसेन आदि महारथियोंसे घिरे हुए सेनापति श्वेतको देखकर उनपर तुरंत धावा किया
sañjaya uvāca | abhyavartata gāḍeyaḥ śvetaṃ senāpatiṃ drutam |
Lalu Gāḍeya dengan cepat menerjang Śveta, panglima bala tentara. Melihat Śveta dikelilingi para mahāratha seperti Bhīmasena, Bhisma—putra Gangga, sang kakek agung—seketika melancarkan serbuan kepadanya.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a battlefield ethic within kṣatriya-dharma: decisive action against key leaders can be seen as legitimate strategy, yet it implicitly raises the moral tension between necessary force and the responsibility to act with discipline rather than mere rage.
Sañjaya narrates that the warrior Gāḍeya rapidly advances to attack Śveta, who is identified as the army’s commander, indicating an attempt to disrupt the opposing force by targeting its leadership.