Shloka 5
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 94: Sātyaki–Sudarśana Yuddha (सात्यकि–सुदर्शन युद्ध)
तेषां संयच्छतां संख्ये परस्परमजिह्ागै: । अर्जुनो ध्वजिनीं राजन्नभी क्ष्णं समकम्पयत्,राजन! उस युद्धस्थलमें कौरव-सैनिक एक-दूसरेको काबूमें रखनेका प्रयत्न करते थे और अर्जुन अपने बाणोंद्वारा उनकी सेनाको बारंबार कम्पित कर रहे थे
teṣāṁ saṁyacchatāṁ saṅkhye parasparam ajihāgaiḥ | arjuno dhvajinīṁ rājann abhīkṣṇaṁ samakampayat ||
サンジャヤは言った。「戦場の密集の中で、兵たちが互いを抑え支えて隊列を保とうとするその時、アルジュナは――王よ――矢の絶え間ない威力によって、クル族の軍勢を幾度となく揺さぶり、その陣を震え上がらせた。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the dharma of maintaining order and mutual support in crisis: armies survive through discipline and cohesion, yet righteous or superior skill (here Arjuna’s) can repeatedly test that stability. Ethically, it points to the tension between duty-bound resistance and the overwhelming consequences of martial excellence.
In the thick of combat, the Kaurava soldiers are trying to steady and control one another’s movements and keep formation, while Arjuna’s continuous volleys of arrows repeatedly shake and unsettle their entire host.