Mahabharata 7.159.22 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 159, Shloka 22
अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः
Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle
ततः सप्त रथान् वीर: स्यालानां तव भारत
tataḥ sapta rathān vīraḥ syālānāṃ tava bhārata
അപ്പോൾ, ഹേ ഭാരതാ! ആ വീരൻ നിന്റെ ശ്യാലന്മാരുടെ ഏഴ് രഥങ്ങളിലേക്കു പാഞ്ഞുചെന്നു; യുദ്ധത്തിന്റെ കഠിന നിർബന്ധത്തിൽ ബന്ധുത്വം അവഗണിക്കപ്പെട്ടു.
संजय उवाच
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The line underscores a recurring Mahābhārata ethic: in the battlefield, social bonds like kinship do not necessarily restrain action when one is bound by kṣatriya-duty and the momentum of conflict—highlighting the tragedy of dharma operating within war.
Sañjaya reports that a heroic warrior turns toward (or confronts) seven chariots associated with Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s brothers-in-law, indicating an escalation where multiple chariot-fighters are engaged at once.
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