Shloka 27
Droṇa’s sweeping assault and the Abhimanyu–Jayadratha close-quarters episode (द्रोणस्य भीषणव्यचरितम् / सौभद्र-जयद्रथ-संनिपातः)
न चैनं पाण्डवेयानां कश्षिच्छक्नोति भारत । वीक्षितुं समरे क्रुद्धें महेन्द्रमिव दानवा:,भरतनन्दन! जैसे दानवदल क्रोधमें भरे हुए देवराज इन्द्रकी ओर देखनेका साहस नहीं करता है, उसी प्रकार पाण्डव-सेनाका कोई भी वीर समरभूमिमें द्रोणाचार्यकी ओर आँख उठाकर देख न सका
sañjaya uvāca |
na cainaṃ pāṇḍaveyānāṃ kaścit śaknoti bhārata |
vīkṣituṃ samare kruddhe mahendram iva dānavāḥ ||
ສັນຊະຍາກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ພາຣະຕະ! ໃນສະໜາມຮົບນັ້ນ ເມື່ອລາວລຸກໂກດເດືອດດານ ບໍ່ມີຜູ້ໃດໃນຝ່າຍລູກຫຼານຂອງປານດຸກ້າຈະເງີຍໜ້າເບິ່ງລາວໄດ້—ດັ່ງດານະວະບໍ່ອາດທົນຈ້ອງມອງມະເຫນທຣ (ອິນທຣ) ເມື່ອພຣະອົງຖືກກະຕຸ້ນໃຫ້ໂກດ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how extraordinary prowess—especially when intensified by righteous or fierce resolve—can overwhelm opponents not merely physically but mentally. Ethically, it points to the battlefield as a domain where courage, steadiness, and dharma-tested resolve matter as much as weapons; fear and loss of composure can itself become defeat.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that in the thick of battle, the Pāṇḍava-side warriors were so overawed by the furious combatant (contextually Droṇa) that none could even raise their eyes to face him, likening their helplessness to Dānavas before an enraged Indra.