Shloka 26
भीष्मवधाय प्रयाणम् — The Advance toward Bhīṣma and Counter-Engagements
द्रौपदेया रणे क्रुद्धा दुर्योधनमवारयन् । शरैराशीविषाकारै: पुत्र॑ं तव विशाम्पते,प्रजानाथ! युद्धमें कुपित हुए द्रौपदीके पाँचों पुत्रोंने विषधर सर्पके समान आकारवाले भयंकर बाणोंद्वारा आपके पुत्र दुर्योधनको आगे बढ़नेसे रोक दिया
sañjaya uvāca | draupadeyā raṇe kruddhā duryodhanam avārayan | śarair āśīviṣākāraiḥ putraṁ tava viśāmpate prajānātha ||
サンジャヤは言った。「戦場に憤激したドラウパディーの五人の子らは、ドゥルヨーダナの進撃を食い止めた。毒蛇のごとき形をした恐るべき矢をもって、彼らは汝の子を押しとどめた、民の主よ。戦においては、王者の野望といえども、断固たる抵抗と、自ら選んだ道の報いの前に退かざるを得ぬことが示されたのである。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral weight of chosen actions in war: aggressive advance driven by ambition meets determined opposition, and the battlefield quickly turns intention into consequence. It also underscores the Kṣatriya ethos—courage and resistance—while implicitly reminding the listener (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) that the war he enabled brings peril even to his own son.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Draupadī’s five sons, enraged in the fight, block Duryodhana’s forward movement by showering him with terrifying arrows likened to venomous serpents.