Shloka 38
सैन्धवविक्रमवर्णनम् / Description of Jayadratha’s Martial Display
अभ्यद्रवन् परीप्सन्तो व्यूढानीका: प्रहारिण: । संजयने कहा--राजन! युधिष्ठिर, भीमसेन, शिखण्डी, सात्यकि, नकुल-सहदेव, धष्टद्युम्न, विराट, द्रपद, केकय-राजकुमार, रोषमें भरा हुआ धृष्टकेतु तथा मत्स्यदेशीय योद्धा --ये सब-के-सब युद्धस्थलमें आगे बढ़े। अभिमन्युके ताऊ, चाचा तथा मामागण अपनी सेनाको व्यूहद्वारा संगठित करके प्रहार करनेके लिये उद्यत हो अभिमन्युकी रक्षाके लिये उसीके बनाये हुए मार्गसे व्यूहमें जानेके उद्देश्यसे एक साथ दौड़ पड़े
abhyadravan parīpsanto vyūḍhānīkāḥ prahāriṇaḥ |
Sañjaya said: Eager to achieve their aim, the Pandava warriors—having drawn up their forces in battle-array and ready to strike—rushed forward together. Driven by resolve and protective duty, they surged into the formation by the very path earlier opened, intent on entering the enemy’s vyūha to safeguard Abhimanyu and to deliver decisive blows.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma expressed as coordinated courage and protective responsibility: warriors do not act as isolated heroes but as a disciplined collective, entering danger to defend a threatened ally and to uphold their pledged duty in war.
Sañjaya reports that the Pandava leaders and allied kings, with their troops arranged in battle formation, charge forward together. Their immediate aim is to penetrate the enemy’s formation via the known entry-route and to protect Abhimanyu while striking the opposing forces.