Shloka 1
Somadatta–Sātyaki Engagement; Bhīma’s Interventions; Droṇa–Yudhiṣṭhira Astra Exchange
Book 7, Chapter 132
(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके ३ ३ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ४२३ “लोक हैं) न२्ंखय्स््स्लििसस ह्य £>ाभ्प्ट् त्रेशरदाधिकशततमो<्ध्याय: दुर्योधनका द्रोणाचार्यको उपालम्भ देना, द्रोणाचार्यका उसे द्यूतका परिणाम दिखाकर युद्धके लिये वापस भेजना और उसके साथ युधामन्यु तथा उत्तमौजाका युद्ध संजय उवाच तस्मिन् विलुलिते सैन्ये सैन्धवायार्जुने गते । सात्वते भीमसेने च पुत्रस्ते द्रोणमभ्ययात्
sañjaya uvāca | tasmin vilulite sainye saindhavāyārjune gate | sātvatte bhīmasene ca putras te droṇam abhyayāt ||
Sanjaya said: When that army had been thrown into confusion, and when Arjuna had gone after Saindhava, while Sātvata (Krishna) and Bhīmasena were also engaged elsewhere, your son approached Droṇācārya. The moment underscores how, amid the chaos of war and shifting responsibilities, Duryodhana turns to his commander—seeking accountability and renewed resolve—revealing the ethical tension between strategic necessity and the burdens of leadership in a dharma-war.
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