Mahabharata 7.39.12 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 39, Shloka 12
अभिमन्युना दुःशासनस्य ताडनम्
Abhimanyu’s Rebuke and Wounding of Duḥśāsana; Karṇa’s Counter-volley
नकुलं सहदेवं च भीमसेनं च पाण्डवम् | बन्धून् सम्बन्धिनश्चान्यान् मध्यस्थान् सुहृदस्तथा
nakulaṃ sahadevaṃ ca bhīmasenaṃ ca pāṇḍavam | bandhūn sambandhinaścānyān madhyasthān suhṛdastathā ||
സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അവൻ നകുലനെയും സഹദേവനെയും പാണ്ഡവനായ ഭീമസേനനെയും; കൂടാതെ മറ്റു ബന്ധുക്കളെയും ബന്ധുമിത്രങ്ങളെയും, മധ്യസ്ഥാനായ സുഹൃത്തുക്കളെയും കൂടി ആനന്ദിപ്പിക്കുന്നു.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how righteous courage and exemplary conduct in crisis can strengthen an entire community—close allies, extended relations, and even neutrals—by generating confidence and goodwill amid conflict.
Sañjaya lists those who are heartened—Nakula, Sahadeva, Bhīma, and other relatives and neutral well-wishers—within the broader account of the Kurukṣetra war, where Abhimanyu’s advance and valor are portrayed as uplifting the Pāṇḍava side.
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