Shloka 28
Bhīmasena–Drauṇi Mahāyuddha
Chariot Duel and Astra-Exchange
भ्रातुरेतद् वच: श्रुत्वा पाण्डव: श्वेतवाहन: । अर्धचन्द्रेण व्यूहेन प्रत्यव्यूहत तां चमूम्,भाईकी यह बात सुनकर श्वेतवाहन पाण्डुपुत्र अर्जुनने इस कौरव-सेनाके मुकाबलेमें अपनी सेनाके अर्द्धचन्द्राकार व्यूहकी रचना की
bhrātur etad vacaḥ śrutvā pāṇḍavaḥ śvetavāhanaḥ | ardhacandreṇa vyūhena pratyavyūhata tāṃ camūm ||
Sañjaya said: Hearing these words of his brother, the Pāṇḍava Arjuna—he whose chariot is drawn by white horses—counter-arrayed that host by forming his own troops into a half-moon formation. In the moral pressure of war, the response is not mere aggression but disciplined strategy: a measured, protective deployment meant to meet force with order rather than chaos.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid violence, right conduct expresses itself as restraint and order: a warrior-leader answers threat with disciplined, proportionate strategy (vyūha), aiming to protect his side and reduce chaos rather than acting from impulse.
Sañjaya reports that Arjuna, after hearing his brother’s words, responds on the battlefield by arranging the Pāṇḍava forces into an ardhacandra (half-moon) formation to counter the opposing host’s deployment.