Shloka 15
Adhyāya 78 — Bhīṣma’s Advance, Duryodhana’s Rally, and Concurrent Duels (भीष्मस्याभ्युद्यमः, दुर्योधनस्योत्साहवचनम्, विविधयुद्धवर्णनम्)
व्यूढं दृष्टवा तु तत् सैन्यं पिता देवव्रतस्तव । क्रौज्चेन महता राजन प्रत्यव्यूहत वाहिनीम्
vyūḍhaṃ dṛṣṭvā tu tat sainyaṃ pitā devavratas tava | krauñcena mahatā rājan pratyavyūhata vāhinīm ||
Sañjaya berkata: Wahai Raja, apabila Devavrata (Bhīṣma), bapa saudara tuanku, melihat bala tentera itu tersusun dalam formasi, baginda pun menyusun tenteranya sebagai tindak balas, membentuk formasi Krauñca (burung jenjang) yang besar.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined response and responsibility in leadership: a commander must read the opponent’s formation and counter it appropriately, acting with steadiness and duty-bound competence within the rules of warfare (dharma-yuddha).
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīṣma, seeing the opposing army arranged in a particular formation, responds by organizing the Kaurava forces into the great Krauñca battle-array as a strategic counter-deployment.