Shloka 26
भीष्मवधाय प्रयाणम् — The Advance toward Bhīṣma and Counter-Engagements
द्रौपदेया रणे क्रुद्धा दुर्योधनमवारयन् । शरैराशीविषाकारै: पुत्र॑ं तव विशाम्पते
sañjaya uvāca | draupadeyā raṇe kruddhā duryodhanam avārayan | śarair āśīviṣākāraiḥ putraṁ tava viśāmpate prajānātha ||
ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ໃນຄວາມໂກດແຄ້ນແຫ່ງສະໜາມຮົບ ບຸດທັງຫ້າຂອງ ດຣາອຸປະດີ ໄດ້ຂັດຂວາງດຸຣະໂຢທະນະບໍ່ໃຫ້ກ້າວໜ້າ. ດ້ວຍລູກສອນອັນນ່າຢ້ານ ຮູບດັ່ງງູພິດ ພວກເຂົາໄດ້ກັ້ນຂວາງບຸດຂອງພຣະອົງ, ໂອ ເຈົ້າແຫ່ງປະຊາ. ນີ້ສະແດງວ່າ ໃນສົງຄາມ ຄວາມທະເຍີທະຍານຂອງຊົນຊັ້ນກະສັດກໍຕ້ອງຍອມຖອຍຕໍ່ການຕໍ່ຕ້ານອັນແນ່ວແນ່ ແລະ ຜົນກຳຂອງເສັ້ນທາງທີ່ຕົນເລືອກ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral weight of chosen actions in war: aggressive advance driven by ambition meets determined opposition, and the battlefield quickly turns intention into consequence. It also underscores the Kṣatriya ethos—courage and resistance—while implicitly reminding the listener (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) that the war he enabled brings peril even to his own son.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Draupadī’s five sons, enraged in the fight, block Duryodhana’s forward movement by showering him with terrifying arrows likened to venomous serpents.