Shloka 7
जयद्रथवधः — The Slaying of Jayadratha
Sunset Vow and Curse-Condition
हार्दिक्यं योधवर्य च मन्ये प्राप्त धनंजयम् । न हि मे जायते त्रासो दृष्टवा सैन्यान्यनेकश:
hārdikyaṁ yodhavarya ca manye prāpta dhanañjayam | na hi me jāyate trāso dṛṣṭvā sainyāny anekaśaḥ ||
ಹಾರ್ದಿಕ್ಯನೂ ಆ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಯೋಧನೂ ಧನಂಜಯನ ಬಳಿಗೆ ತಲುಪಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎಂದು ನಾನು ಭಾವಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಆದರೂ ಅನೇಕ ವಿಭಾಗಗಳಾಗಿ ಸೇರಿರುವ ಸೇನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕಂಡರೂ ನನಗೆ ಭಯ ಹುಟ್ಟುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights steadiness of mind amid overwhelming martial spectacle: even when confronted with vast forces, one may remain unshaken by assessing the situation with clarity rather than panic.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Hārdikya and a foremost warrior have engaged or reached Arjuna, and he remarks that the sight of many troop-formations does not produce fear in him.