Shloka 35
Bhagadatta’s Advance, the Saṃśaptaka Challenge, and Arjuna’s Counterstrike (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय २६)
ततो राजा दशार्णानां प्राग्ज्योतिषमुपाद्रवत्
tato rājā daśārṇānāṃ prāgjyotiṣam upādravat
ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ຕໍ່ມາ ກະສັດແຫ່ງດະສາຣະນາ ໄດ້ພຸ້ນເຂົ້າໂຈມຕີພຣາກຍໂຢຕິສະ ຜັກດັນການບຸກລຸກໄປຂ້າງໜ້າໃນກາງສະໜາມຮົບ—ເປັນຕອນທີ່ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ໃນສົງຄາມ ບັນດາຜູ້ປົກຄອງຂັບເຄື່ອນກອງທັບດ້ວຍຄວາມຮຸນແຮງອັນຕັດສິນໃຈ ແມ່ນແຕ່ຄວາມໄຫວພິບັດນັ້ນກໍຍິ່ງຊັກນຳວົງຈອນແຫ່ງຄວາມຮຸນແຮງໃຫ້ລຶກລົງ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kṣatriya-war ethos: leaders act decisively and press attacks to protect their side’s interests. Implicitly, it also points to the moral tension of warfare—strategic resolve can be necessary, yet it perpetuates harm and escalation.
Sañjaya reports that the king leading the Daśārṇa forces advances and attacks Prāgjyotiṣa (its forces/region), indicating a specific clash within the wider Drona Parva battlefield movements.