Shloka 28
चिकीर्षुर्दुष्करं कर्म धृष्टद्युम्नो महारथ: । इयेष वक्षो भेत्तुं स भारद्वाजस्य संयुगे,तत्पश्चात् महारथी धृष्टद्युम्नने दुष्कर कर्म करनेकी इच्छासे उस रणभूमिमें आचार्य द्रोणकी छातीमें तलवार भोंक देनेका विचार किया
cikīrṣur duṣkaraṃ karma dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārathaḥ | iyeṣa vakṣo bhettuṃ sa bhāradvājasya saṃyuge ||
サञ्जयは語った。成し難き業を成そうとして、大車戦士ダṛṣṭadyumnaは、戦のただ中で、バーラドヴァージャの子（ドローナ）の胸を剣で貫かんと決した。この詩句は、その意図を大胆にして危険な企てとして描く――苛烈な戦の必然と逸脱の狭間に置かれた、倫理の重みを帯びた決断である。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in war, a warrior’s firm resolve can drive him toward extreme acts described as ‘duṣkara’ (hard to accomplish). It implicitly raises ethical tension: heroic determination and battlefield duty can coexist with morally fraught intentions, reminding readers that resolve does not automatically equal righteousness.
Sañjaya reports that Dhṛṣṭadyumna, a foremost Pāṇḍava fighter, forms the intention to strike down Droṇa—identified as Bhāradvāja’s son—by piercing his chest in the midst of combat, signaling an imminent, high-stakes confrontation.