Shloka 1066
अभ्यवर्तत गाड़ेय: श्वेतं सेनापतिं द्रुतम् । भरतश्रेष्ठ] आपके पिता गंगानन्दन भीष्मने नरश्रेष्ठ भीमसेन आदि महारथियोंसे घिरे हुए सेनापति श्वेतको देखकर उनपर तुरंत धावा किया
sañjaya uvāca | abhyavartata gāḍeyaḥ śvetaṃ senāpatiṃ drutam |
मग गाडेय वेगाने सेनापती श्वेतावर धावून गेला. भरतश्रेष्ठ, भीमसेन आदी महारथींनी वेढलेल्या श्वेताला पाहताच गंगानंदन पितामह भीष्मानेही तत्क्षणी त्याच्यावर हल्ला चढविला.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a battlefield ethic within kṣatriya-dharma: decisive action against key leaders can be seen as legitimate strategy, yet it implicitly raises the moral tension between necessary force and the responsibility to act with discipline rather than mere rage.
Sañjaya narrates that the warrior Gāḍeya rapidly advances to attack Śveta, who is identified as the army’s commander, indicating an attempt to disrupt the opposing force by targeting its leadership.