Shloka 30
अध्याय ३: कृपस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति नीत्युपदेशः
Kṛpa’s Counsel to Duryodhana
धनंजयो रथानीकमन्वपद्यत वीर्यवान्,दूसरी ओर पराक्रमी अर्जुनने रथसेनापर आक्रमण किया। माद्रीकुमार नकुल-सहदेव तथा महाबली सात्यकि दुर्योधनकी सेनाका विनाश करते हुए बड़े वेगसे शकुनिपर टूट पड़े
sañjaya uvāca | dhanañjayo rathānīkam anvapadyata vīryavān | mādryāḥ putrau nakula-sahadevau tathā mahābalī sātyakiḥ duryodhanasya senāṃ vināśayan mahāvegāt śakunim abhyapatat ||
Sañjaya berkata: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) yang perkasa mara menekan ke arah gugusan divisyen kereta perang. Di pihak lain, putera-putera Mādrī—Nakula dan Sahadeva—bersama pahlawan agung Sātyaki, sambil membinasakan bala tentera Duryodhana, meluru dengan kelajuan dahsyat lalu menerkam Śakuni.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kṣatriya ideal of decisive action and courage, while implicitly reminding the reader that even justified warfare carries heavy ethical weight: victory is pursued through strategy and valor, yet it unfolds through widespread destruction.
Sañjaya reports that Arjuna advances against a concentrated chariot formation, while Nakula, Sahadeva, and Sātyaki, after cutting down Duryodhana’s troops, rush at high speed to engage Śakuni as a key opposing leader.