Shloka 38
द्रोणस्य सुपर्णव्यूहः — युधिष्ठिरप्रत्यव्यूहः
Droṇa’s Suparṇa Formation and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Counter-array
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे चैव प्रमत्ते सव्यसाचिनि । व्यूढानीकस्ततो द्रोणो युधिष्ठिरमुपाद्रवत्,जब इधर सव्यसाची अर्जुन उस युद्धमें भली प्रकार लगे हुए थे, उसी समय अपनी सेनाका व्यूह बनाकर द्रोणाचार्यने युधिष्ठिरपर आक्रमण किया
etasminn antare caiva pramatte savyasācini | vyūḍhānīkas tato droṇo yudhiṣṭhiram upādravat ||
サンジャヤは言った。その折、サヴィヤサーチン（アルジュナ）が戦闘に没入し、いささか不意を衝かれたかのようであったまさにその時、ドローナは軍を戦陣（ヴ्यूーハ）に整え、ユディシュティラへと攻めかかった。この出来事は、戦において将が、要の護り手が他所で手一杯になった隙を突いて機を得ること、そして正法を重んじる王を狙うことが、戦略の必然と倫理の間に鋭い緊張を生むことを示している。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral pressure of warfare: tactical advantage is gained by exploiting moments when a principal defender is fully engaged, yet such opportunism—especially against a dharma-oriented leader like Yudhiṣṭhira—invites reflection on the boundary between legitimate strategy and ethically troubling targeting.
While Arjuna (Savyasācin) is intensely occupied in battle and thus not positioned to shield Yudhiṣṭhira, Droṇa arranges his troops in a formation (vyūha) and advances to attack Yudhiṣṭhira directly.