Shloka 18
दृष्टवा द्रोणाय पाज्चाल्यं व्रजन्तं युद्धदुर्मदम् । यमाभ्यां तांश्व संसक्तांस्तदन्तरमुपाद्रवत्
dṛṣṭvā droṇāya pāñcālyaṃ vrajantaṃ yuddha-durmadam | yamābhyāṃ tāṃś ca saṃsaktāṃs tad-antaram upādravat ||
ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ದ್ರೋಣನ ಕಡೆ ಯುದ್ಧೋನ್ಮತ್ತನಾಗಿ ಪಾಂಚಾಲ ವೀರನು ಧಾವಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವುದನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ, ಯಮಸಮಾನ ಎರಡೂ ಪಾಳಯದ ಯೋಧರು ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಅಂಟಿಕೊಂಡು ಹೋರಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವುದನ್ನು ಗಮನಿಸಿ, ಅವನು ಆ ಮಧ್ಯದ ಬಿಡುವಿಗೆ ತಕ್ಷಣವೇ ವೇಗದಿಂದ ನುಗ್ಗಿದನು।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war inflames the mind (yuddha-durmadam), and how, in such a morally fraught arena, warriors act with swift opportunism—charging into even a momentary opening. It implicitly cautions that battle-frenzy can eclipse restraint, making ethical clarity harder to maintain.
Sañjaya describes a Pāñcāla warrior rushing toward Droṇa in battle-fury. At the same time, fighters are tightly engaged between the twin warriors called the Yamau; seeing the gap created in that engagement, someone (the subject implied by upādravat) charges into that interval.