Shloka 13
द्रोणस्य सुपर्णव्यूहः — युधिष्ठिरप्रत्यव्यूहः
Droṇa’s Suparṇa Formation and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Counter-array
अयमर्जुनो<यं गोविन्द इमौ पाण्डवयादवौ । इति ब्रुवाणा: सम्मूढा जध्नुरन्योन्यमाहवे,ये अर्जुन हैं, ये श्रीकृष्ण हैं, ये दोनों अर्जुन और श्रीकृष्ण हैं--इस प्रकार बोलते हुए वे मोहाच्छन्न हो युद्धमें एक-दूसरेपर आघात करने लगे
ayam arjuno ’yaṃ govinda imau pāṇḍava-yādavau | iti bruvāṇāḥ sammūḍhā jadhnur anyonyam āhave ||
“ಇವನು ಅರ್ಜುನ, ಇವನು ಗೋವಿಂದ; ಇವರು ಇಬ್ಬರೂ ಪಾಂಡವ-ಯಾದವರು”—ಎಂದು ಹೇಳುತ್ತ ಮೋಹಗ್ರಸ್ತ ಯೋಧರು ಯುದ್ಧದಲ್ಲಿ ಪರಸ್ಪರರ ಮೇಲೆ ಬೀಳುತ್ತಾ ಒಬ್ಬರನ್ನೊಬ್ಬರು ಹೊಡೆದರು।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
When perception is distorted by moha (delusion), even clear identities and loyalties collapse, leading to adharma-like outcomes such as mutual violence. The verse highlights the ethical danger of confusion in war: loss of discrimination (viveka) can make combatants harm their own side and abandon right conduct.
Sañjaya reports that fighters on the battlefield, bewildered, keep pointing out and naming Arjuna and Govinda, and in that confused state they begin attacking one another. The line depicts a moment of chaos where recognition fails and the battle turns into mutual striking among those present.