Shloka 35
Droṇavadha-saṃniveśaḥ — The Convergence Toward Droṇa’s Fall
Book 7, Chapter 164
छाद्यमानं शरैर्दृष्टवा युयुधानं युधिष्ठिर: । पाण्डवाश्न महाराज सह सर्व: प्रभद्रकै: । महत्या सेनया सार्ध द्रोणानीकमुपाद्रवन्,महाराज! उस समय सात्यकिको बाणोंद्वारा आच्छादित होते देख युधिष्ठिर तथा अन्य पाण्डवोंने समस्त प्रभद्रकोंसहित विशाल सेनाके साथ द्रोणाचार्यकी सेनापर धावा किया
sañjaya uvāca |
chādyamānaṁ śarair dṛṣṭvā yuyudhānaṁ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
pāṇḍavāś ca mahārāja saha sarvaiḥ prabhadrakaiḥ |
mahatyā senayā sārdhaṁ droṇānīkam upādravan ||
Sanjaya said: Seeing Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki) being covered by volleys of arrows, Yudhiṣṭhira—O great king—together with the other Pāṇḍavas and all the Prabhadrakas, advanced in a powerful mass with a great army and charged at Droṇa’s battle-formation. The moment underscores a dharmic impulse of protection and solidarity: comrades do not abandon a warrior overwhelmed, even amid the brutal necessities of war.
संजय उवाच