Shloka 316
Bhagadatta’s Advance, the Saṃśaptaka Challenge, and Arjuna’s Counterstrike (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय २६)
भगदत्तं सपाज्चाल्य: सर्वतः समवारयत् । तब राजा युधिष्ठिरने भीमसेनको मारा गया जानकर पांचालदेशीय सैनिकोंको साथ ले भगदत्तको चारों ओरसे घेर लिया
bhagadattaṃ sa-pāñcālyaḥ sarvataḥ samavārayat | tadā rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ bhīmasenaṃ hataṃ jñātvā pāñcāladeśīya-sainikān saha nītvā bhagadattaṃ caturdiśaṃ paryavārayat |
Sañjaya said: With the Pāñcāla forces, they hemmed in Bhagadatta from every side. Then King Yudhiṣṭhira, believing Bhīmasena to have been slain, gathered the Pāñcāla troops and surrounded Bhagadatta on all quarters—an urgent, duty-bound response shaped by grief, battlefield uncertainty, and the need to protect the army’s morale and leadership.
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