Shloka 66
युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya
स्वान् योधानब्रवीत् क्रुद्धों निध्नतैतानू किमासत । अपनी सेनाको खदेड़ी जाती हुई देख धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरने कुपित हो अपने पक्षके योद्धाओंसे कहा--“अरे! क्यों चुप बैठे हो? इन शत्रुओंको मार डालो” ।।
sañjaya uvāca | svān yodhān abravīt kruddho nighnataitānū kim āsata | tato rājñābhyanujñātāḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ mahārathāḥ |
サンジャヤは言った。「自軍が追い立てられて退くのを見て、法王ユディシュティラは憤り、味方の戦士たちに告げた。『なぜ黙って座しているのだ。あの敵どもを討て！』 そして王の許しを得るや、パーンダヴァの大車戦士たちは動き出した――戦の圧迫の中、義務と王権が断固たる応答を求めたのである。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights rāja-dharma and kṣatriya-dharma: when one’s side falters in a justly undertaken war, a king must not lapse into passivity. Leadership requires timely command, and warriors must respond to duty rather than fear or hesitation.
Sañjaya narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira, seeing his troops being pushed back, rebukes his own fighters for sitting idle and orders them to strike the enemy. After receiving the king’s authorization, the Pāṇḍava champions (mahārathas) prepare to engage decisively.