Shloka 193
अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च
Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter
धृष्टद्युम्नस्तव सुतं वारयामास सायकै: । महारथी शूरवीर माद्रीकुमार नकुल-सहदेवको लाँघकर धृष्टद्युम्नने अपने बाणोंकी मारसे आपके पुत्रको रोक दिया
dhṛṣṭadyumnas tava sutaṃ vārayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ | mahārathī śūravīra mādṛkumārau nakula-sahadevau laṅghayitvā dhṛṣṭadyumnena svabāṇaprahāraiḥ tava putro nivāritaḥ ||
സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ധൃഷ്ടദ്യുമ്നൻ മാദ്രിപുത്രന്മാരായ മഹാരഥി ശൂരവീരന്മാരായ നകുല-സഹദേവരെ മറികടന്ന്, അമ്പുവർഷംകൊണ്ട് നിങ്ങളുടെ പുത്രനെ തടഞ്ഞു നിർത്തി।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid war, action is expected to be controlled and purposeful: a warrior-leader restrains an opponent through skill and measured force, reflecting kṣatriya-dharma as disciplined conduct rather than uncontrolled violence.
Sañjaya reports that Dṛṣṭadyumna, after pushing past Nakula and Sahadeva, halts Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son by striking him with a concentrated volley of arrows, stopping his advance on the battlefield.