Shloka 23
द्रोणानीकाभिमुखगमनम्
Abhimanyu advances toward Droṇa’s host
सकृद् भिन्न त्वया व्यूहं तत्र तत्र पुन: पुनः । वयं प्रध्वंसयिष्यामो निघ्नमाना वरान् वरान्,तुम जहाँ-जहाँ एक बार भी व्यूह तोड़ दोगे, वहाँ-वहाँ हमलोग मुख्य-मुख्य योद्धाओंका वध करके उस व्यूहको बारंबार नष्ट करते रहेंगे
sakṛd bhinnaṃ tvayā vyūhaṃ tatra tatra punaḥ punaḥ | vayaṃ pradhvaṃsayiṣyāmo nighnamānā varān varān ||
Bhima said: “Wherever you once break through the battle-formation, there and again and again we shall shatter it—cutting down the foremost champions as we go.”
भीम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights coordinated resolve in warfare: once an opening is created, disciplined follow-through—targeting key combatants—can repeatedly collapse even well-designed formations. Ethically, it reflects the Kshatriya emphasis on courage and strategic duty within the battlefield context.
Bhima encourages an ally (addressed as “you”) that if he breaches the enemy’s vyuha even once at any point, Bhima and his side will exploit that breach repeatedly, killing the foremost enemy warriors and thereby destroying the formation again and again.