Shloka 136
Droṇa’s Renewed Advance toward Yudhiṣṭhira; Fall of Satyajit and Allied Recoil (द्रोणस्य युधिष्ठिरप्रेप्सा—सत्यजितः पतनम्)
व्यूहस्योरसि ते राजन् स्थिता युद्धविशारदा: । राजन! उस व्यूहके हृदयस्थानमें जयद्रथ, भीमरथ, सम्पाति, ऋषभ, जय, भूमिंजय, वृषक्राथ तथा महाबली निषधराज बहुत बड़ी सेनाके साथ खड़े थे। ये सब-के-सब ब्रह्मलोककी प्राप्तिको लक्ष्य बनाकर लड़नेवाले तथा युद्धकी कलामें अत्यन्त निपुण थे
sañjaya uvāca | vyūhasyorasi te rājan sthitā yuddhaviśāradāḥ |
ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: “ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ, ຢູ່ໃນຫົວໃຈຂອງຂະບວນຮົບຂອງພະອົງ ມີນັກຮົບຜູ້ຊໍານານໃນສິລະປະແຫ່ງສົງຄາມປະຈໍາການຢູ່. ພ້ອມກອງທັບໃຫຍ່ມະຫາສານ ມີ ຊະຍະດຣະຖະ, ພີມະຣະຖະ, ສັມປາຕິ, ຣິສະພະ, ຊະຍະ, ພູມິນຊະຍະ, ວຣິສະກຣາຖະ ແລະ ກະສັດນິສະທະຜູ້ມີພະລັງອັນຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່. ທຸກຄົນລ້ວນຕັ້ງເປົ້າໝາຍໄວ້ທີ່ການໄດ້ຮັບພົບພາບພຣະພົບພຣະໂລກ (ພຣະຫມະໂລກ) ແລະຊໍານານຢ່າງຍິ່ງໃນວິໄນແຫ່ງການຮົບ.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the Kṣatriya ideal of steadfastness in battle and the belief that dying while fulfilling one’s warrior-duty can lead to exalted posthumous realms (here, Brahmaloka). It also underscores how strategic placement in a vyūha reflects both military discipline and the ethical seriousness with which warriors frame their duty.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra the internal arrangement of the army: at the center of the battle-formation stand named warriors—Jayadratha and others—supported by a large force. Their position marks them as key defenders of the formation’s core, prepared for intense combat.