Bhagadattā’s Deployment Against Ghaṭotkaca; Elephant-Corps Escalation
ततो दुर्योधनो राजा सोदर्य: परिवारित: । भीष्म॑ जुगोप समरे वर्तमाने जनक्षये,जिस समय युद्धमें वह जनसंहार हो रहा था, उसी समय राजा दुर्योधन अपने भाइयोंसे घिरा हुआ वहाँ आ पहुँचा और भीष्मकी रक्षा करने लगा
tato duryodhano rājā sodaryaiḥ parivāritaḥ | bhīṣmaṁ jugopa samare vartamāne janakṣaye ||
Sañjaya said: Then King Duryodhana, surrounded by his own brothers, arrived there; and as the battle raged on with great slaughter of men, he set himself to protect Bhīṣma. In the midst of mass killing, the king’s loyalty to his commander and elder becomes visible—an act of duty and attachment intertwined within the moral chaos of war.
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