Shloka 473
युधिष्ठिरस्य कृष्णार्जुनादि-समाश्वासनम्
Yudhiṣṭhira’s reassurance and praise of Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna, Bhīma, and Sātyaki
व्यश्वसूतरथांश्ष॒क्रे कुमारान् कुपितो रणे । भरतनन्दन! रणक्षेत्रमें कुपित हुए द्रोणाचार्यने हँसते हुए-से अपने बाणोंद्वारा उन किंकर्तव्यविमूढ़ राजकुमारोंको घोड़े, सारथि तथा रथसे हीन कर दिया
sañjaya uvāca |
vy-aśvasūtarathāṁś cakre kumārān kupito raṇe |
bharatanandana raṇakṣetre me kṣubdhadṛoṇācāryo hasann iva svaiḥ śaraiḥ tān kiṁkartavyavimūḍhān rājaputrān aśva-sūta-ratha-vihīnān cakāra ||
Sañjaya said: In the fury of battle, Droṇācārya stripped those young princes of their horses, charioteers, and chariots. O joy of the Bharatas, on the battlefield the enraged Droṇa—almost as if smiling—by his arrows reduced those bewildered royal youths to helplessness, depriving them of the very supports by which they could fight. The episode underscores how mastery in war, when driven by wrath, can swiftly turn valor into confusion and dependence into vulnerability.
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