Shloka 7
द्रोणसेनापत्यं, व्यूहविन्यासः, उत्पातदर्शनं, आरम्भयुद्धम्
Droṇa’s Command, Battle-Formations, Omens, and Opening Engagement
नक्षत्राणामिव शशी दितिजानामिवोशना: । श्रेष्ठ: सेनाप्रणेतृणां स नः सेनापतिर्भव
nakṣatrāṇām iva śaśī ditijānām ivośanāḥ | śreṣṭhaḥ senāpraṇetṝṇāṃ sa naḥ senāpatir bhava
ທຸຣະໂຍທະນະກ່າວວ່າ: «ດັ່ງດວງຈັນສ່ອງເດັ່ນເໜືອດາວ, ແລະດັ່ງອຸສະນາ (ສຸກຣະ) ເປັນຜູ້ເດັ່ນໃນຫມູ່ໄດຕະ, ທ່ານແມ່ນຜູ້ດີທີ່ສຸດໃນຫມູ່ຜູ້ນຳທັບ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຈົ່ງເປັນແມ່ທັບໃຫຍ່ຂອງພວກເຮົາ»។ ໃນບັນຍາກາດທາງຈັນຍາຂອງສົງຄາມ ຖ້ອຍຄຳນີ້ເຜີຍໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າທຸຣະໂຍທະນະພຶ່ງພາກຽດສັກສີແລະພະລັງ—ຊອກຫາຄວາມຊອບທຳແລະໄຊຊະນະຜ່ານຜູ້ນຳອັນໂດດເດັ່ນ ຫາກບໍ່ແມ່ນຜ່ານຄວາມປະພຶດຖືກທຳ.
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how political ambition seeks authority through celebrated figures and flattering comparisons. It implicitly contrasts external qualifications (fame, superiority) with the deeper ethical question of whether the cause itself is dharmic.
Duryodhana is urging an eminent warrior/leader to accept the role of senāpati (commander-in-chief), praising him as preeminent among commanders through cosmic and mythic analogies (moon among stars; Śukra among the Daityas).