Mahabharata 7.159.32 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 159, Shloka 32
अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः
Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle
सैन्यानि द्रावयन्तं त॑ द्रोणो दृष्टवा युधिष्ठिरम् । चोदितस्तव पुत्रेण सायकैरभ्यवाकिरत्
saīnyāni drāvayantaṃ taṃ droṇo dṛṣṭvā yudhiṣṭhiram | coditas tava putreṇa sāyakair abhyavākirat ||
युधिष्ठिर सैन्यांना पळवून लावत आहे असे पाहून, तुमच्या पुत्र दुर्योधनाच्या प्रेरणेने द्रोणाचार्यांनी त्याच्यावर बाणांचा वर्षाव केला।
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The verse highlights how battlefield dharma is shaped by roles and pressures: a commander and revered teacher like Droṇa intensifies combat when urged by the king, showing the ethical tension between personal restraint and obedience to wartime duty.
Yudhiṣṭhira is routing troops; Droṇa notices this and, prompted by Duryodhana, counters by raining arrows on Yudhiṣṭhira to halt his momentum.
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