Shloka 16
Adhyāya 195 — Arjuna’s Capability and Restraint Regarding Divyāstras
Udyoga Parva
मध्यमे च विराटं च जयत्सेनं च पाण्डव:,अन्वयातां तदा मध्ये वासुदेवधनंजयौ । बीचके दलमें राजाने विराट, जयत्सेन तथा पांचालदेशीय महारथी युधामन्यु और उत्तमौजाको रखा। हाथोंमें गदा और धनुष धारण किये ये दोनों वीर (युधामन्यु-उत्तमौजा) बड़े पराक्रमी और मनस्वी थे। उस समय इन सबके मध्यभागमें भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुन सेनाके पीछे-पीछे जा रहे थे
madhyame ca virāṭaṃ ca jayatsenaṃ ca pāṇḍavaḥ, anvayātāṃ tadā madhye vāsudeva-dhanañjayau |
Pāṇḍava menempatkan Raja Virāṭa dan Jayatsena di bagian tengah formasi; dan di ruang tengah itu Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) serta Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) bergerak mengikuti barisan, berjalan di belakang pasukan.
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.