Mahabharata 6.60.3 — Bhishma Parva, Adhyaya 60, Shloka 3
भीमसेनस्य प्रतिघातः—भगदत्तगजप्रहारः—घटोत्कचमायायुद्धम्
Bhīma’s Counteroffensive, Bhagadatta’s Elephant Assault, and Ghaṭotkaca’s Māyā Engagement
गरुडस्य स्वयं तुण्डे पिता देवब्रतस्तव । चक्षुषी च भरद्वाज: कृतवर्मा च सात्वत:
garuḍasya svayaṃ tuṇḍe pitā devabratas tava | cakṣuṣī ca bharadvājaḥ kṛtavarmā ca sātvatāḥ ||
サンジャヤは言った。「ガルダの形をなすその陣において、汝の父デーヴァヴラタ（ビーシュマ）は自ら最前に立ち、くちばしの位置を占めた。バラドヴァージャの子（ドローナ）と、サートヴァタ族のクリトヴァルマーが、両眼の位置に据えられた。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in a setting dominated by military strategy, the Mahābhārata foregrounds dharma’s tension: revered elders and teachers (Bhīṣma and Droṇa) occupy decisive roles, showing how personal duty, loyalty, and lineage obligations can bind the righteous into morally fraught conflict.
Sañjaya describes the Kaurava army’s Garuḍa-shaped battle array, specifying who holds key positions: Bhīṣma at the ‘beak’ (the forward striking point), and Droṇa together with Kṛtavarmā as the ‘two eyes’ (critical guiding/command positions).
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