Shloka 6
अस्त्रयुद्धे द्रौणिपार्थसंघर्षः — Karṇa’s Bhārgavāstra and the Search for Yudhiṣṭhira
Chapter 45
सर्वनिव महेष्वासानजय्यानमरैरपि । के च प्रपक्षौ पक्षौ वा मम सैन्यस्थ संजय
sañjaya uvāca |
ke ca prapakṣau pakṣau vā mama sainyastha dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca—
sañjaya! rādhāputraḥ karṇo devatānām api ajayyaḥ, tathā bhīmasenena parirakṣitān dhṛṣṭadyumnādīn sarvān mahā-iṣvāsān pāṇḍava-vīrān prati kathaṃ vyūhaṃ vyaracayata? sañjaya! mama sainyasya pakṣa-prapakṣa-rūpeṇa ke ke vīrā āsan?
サンジャヤは言った。ドリタラーシュトラ王は問うた。「サンジャヤよ、ラーダーの子カルナ――神々すら征し得ぬ不敗の者――は、ビーマセーナに守られたドリシュタデュムナら、いずれも大弓のパーンダヴァ勇士たちに対して、いかに戦陣（ヴ्यूーハ）を編み上げたのか。さらにサンジャヤよ、我が軍のうち、陣の左右の翼、ならびに支翼（補助の翼）として立ったのは誰であったか。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the ethical tension of kingship in war: a ruler’s anxiety turns to questions of tactical arrangement and reliance on champions. It implicitly shows how attachment and fear can narrow attention to military advantage, even as the larger dharmic consequences of the conflict loom.
Dhritarashtra questions Sanjaya about Karna’s tactical response—how Karna arranged a battle formation to meet the Pandava great archers (notably Dhrishtadyumna) who are said to be protected by Bhima, and which Kaurava warriors were positioned as the wings and supporting wings of that formation.