Shloka 19
भीष्मवधाय प्रयाणम् — The Advance toward Bhīṣma and Counter-Engagements
दुर्योधनप्रभूतय: प्रगृहीतशरासना: । भृशमश्रैः प्रजवितै: प्रययुर्यत्र ते रथा:,इधर, उस समरभूमिमें अभिमन्युको भीमसेन तथा धृष्टद्युम्नससे मिला हुआ देख आपकी सेनाके दुर्योधन आदि महारथी हाथोंमें धनुष लिये अत्यन्त वेगशाली अअश्रोंद्वारा वहाँ जा पहुँचे, जहाँ वे बारह पाण्डवपक्षीय महारथी विद्यमान थे
sañjaya uvāca | duryodhana-prabhūtayaḥ pragṛhīta-śarāsanāḥ | bhṛśam aśraiḥ prajavitaiḥ prayayur yatra te rathāḥ ||
サञ्जयは言った。ドゥルヨーダナを先頭に、彼らは弓矢を手に取り、俊足の馬に駆られて激しく前進し、パーンダヴァ方の戦車が布陣する場所へと向かった。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how leadership and intent convert inner hostility into organized action. Ethically, it warns that when power and resolve are yoked to anger, conflict accelerates rapidly—making restraint and discernment crucial even amid kṣatriya warfare.
Sañjaya reports that Duryodhana and the Kaurava warriors, holding their bows ready, rush forward in their chariots driven by swift horses toward the position where the opposing chariots (Pāṇḍava-side forces) are gathered.