Shloka 236
द्रोणकर्णयोः निशि संप्रहारः — Night Engagement with Droṇa and Karṇa
युध्यस्व यत्नमास्थाय पर पार्थेन संयुगे | “कर्ण! तुम मेरे, अश्वत्थामाके, मद्रराज शल्यके, कृपाचार्यके तथा अन्य शूरवीर महारथियोंके साथ पूरा प्रयत्न करके रणक्षेत्रमें अर्जुनके साथ युद्ध करो”
yudhyasva yatnam āsthāya para pārthena saṃyuge |
ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: “ຈົ່ງຮົບດ້ວຍຄວາມໝັ້ນຄົງ ແລະຄວາມພາກພຽນທັງປວງ ຕໍ່ສູ້ກັບພາຣຖະ (ອາຣະຈຸນ) ໃນສົງຄາມ. ກັນນະ! ເຈົ້າຈົ່ງຮ່ວມກັບຂ້າ, ອັສວັດຖາມາ, ຊັລຍະ ກະສັດແຫ່ງມັດຣະ, ຄຣິປາຈານ ແລະມະຫາຣະຖີຜູ້ກ້າອື່ນໆ ແລ້ວຮົບກັບອາຣະຈຸນດ້ວຍກໍາລັງທັງໝົດ.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes resolute exertion in one’s appointed role—here, the warrior’s imperative to engage fully in battle. Ethically, it highlights the Mahābhārata’s tension between duty to one’s faction and the growing recognition that relentless escalation carries grave moral and human consequences.
Sañjaya reports an urgent command or exhortation directed at a warrior to confront Arjuna (Pārtha) directly in the ongoing battle. The line functions as a tactical and motivational push, focusing attention on Arjuna as a decisive adversary.