Shloka 393
द्रौणि-पार्षतयोर्युद्धम् | The Duel of Aśvatthāmā
Drauṇi) and Dhṛṣṭadyumna (Pārṣata
अभ्यद्रवद् भीमसेनं व्यासक्तं विकिरन् शरै: । ऐसा आदेश मिलनेपर आपके पुत्र दुर्योधनसे “बहुत अच्छा” कहकर आपके दूसरे पुत्र दुर्जयने युद्धमें आसक्त हुए भीमसेनपर बाणोंकी वर्षा करते हुए आक्रमण किया
abhyadravad bhīmasenaṃ vyāsaktaṃ vikirān śaraiḥ |
Sañjaya said: Then Durjaya rushed at Bhīmasena, who was fully engaged in the fight, and showered him with arrows. In the moral atmosphere of the war, this depicts how obedience to a commander’s order and loyalty to one’s side can intensify violence, even as the larger question of dharma remains contested on the battlefield.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in war, loyalty and compliance with orders can drive immediate action—an ethical tension in the Mahābhārata where personal valor and duty to one’s faction often collide with broader considerations of dharma and the human cost of violence.
Sañjaya reports that Durjaya charges at Bhīma, who is already intensely engaged in combat, and attacks by raining arrows upon him—an episode within the Drona Parva’s escalating battlefield encounters.