Shloka 2536
धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा तथा द्रोणविषयकप्रश्नाः
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Fainting and Questions Concerning Droṇa
ततो द्रोणं समारोहत् पार्षत: पापकर्मकृत् । निश्चय ही अर्जुनने अपने सीधे जानेवाले बाणोंके द्वारा अन्य रथियोंको आगे बढ़नेसे रोक दिया था। इसीलिये पापकर्मा धृष्टद्युम्न द्रोणाचार्यपर चढ़ाई कर सका
tato droṇaṃ samārohat pārṣataḥ pāpakarmakṛt | niścayaṃ hi arjunena ātmanaḥ sīdhe jānevāle bāṇaiḥ anyān rathinaḥ agre vardhanāt rokitāḥ | tasmāt pāpakarmā dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ droṇācāryopari caḍhāīṃ kartum aśakat |
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: Then the son of Pṛṣata—Dṛṣṭadyumna, whose deeds are here branded as sinful—advanced against Droṇa. For Arjuna, with his straight-flying arrows, had decisively checked the other chariot-warriors from pressing forward; therefore Dṛṣṭadyumna, taking advantage of that opening, was able to mount an assault upon Droṇācārya. The line underscores how tactical restraint by one great archer can shape the moral and strategic outcome of the battle, even enabling a fated confrontation.
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