Shloka 12
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 155 — Ghaṭotkaca-nidhana-śoka and Karṇa-śakti-vyaya
Kṛṣṇa’s strategic reassurance
भरतवंशी महाराज! जब इस प्रकार पाण्डवसैनिक युद्ध कर रहे थे, उस समय दुर्योधनने उस सेनामें प्रवेश किया ।। सैन्धवस्य वधेनैव भृशं दुःखसमन्वित: । मर्तव्यमिति संचिन्त्य प्राविशच्च द्विषद्बलम्,वह सिंधुराजके वधसे बहुत दुःखी हो गया था। अतः मरनेका ही निश्चय करके उसने शत्रुओंकी सेनामें प्रवेश किया
saindhavasya vadhenaiva bhṛśaṁ duḥkhasamanvitaḥ | martavyam iti sañcintya prāviśac ca dviṣadbalam ||
サञ्जयは言った。「バーラタの大王よ。このようにパーンダヴァの兵が戦っている折、ドゥルヨーダナはその陣へと踏み入った。シンドゥの王の死により激しい悲嘆に沈み、『我は死ぬべきだ』と決し、死をも辞さぬ決意のまま、敵軍の中へと突入した。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how intense grief can distort judgment: instead of measured kṣatriya-duty, Duryodhana’s sorrow over Jayadratha’s death hardens into a self-destructive resolve. It cautions that emotions like grief and wounded honor, when unchecked, can drive leaders toward reckless choices that deepen collective ruin.
After Jayadratha (the Saindhava king) has been slain, Duryodhana is struck with severe anguish. Concluding that death is preferable—or inevitable—he decides to throw himself into the opposing Pāṇḍava forces, entering the enemy formation in a desperate, high-risk move.