Shloka 13
भीष्मवधाय प्रयाणम् — The Advance toward Bhīṣma and Counter-Engagements
ततः संस्थाप्य समरे तान्यनीकानि सर्वशः । अभिमन्युप्रभूतयस्ते द्वादश महारथा:,महाराज! तत्पश्चात् अपनी सेनाओंको सब प्रकारसे समरभूमिमें स्थापित करके भीमसेनके पद-चिह्लोंपर चलनेवाले उन अभिमन्यु आदि बारह महारथियोंने, जिन्हें धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरने भेजा था, आपके महाबली पुत्रोंपर धावा किया
tataḥ saṃsthāpya samare tāny anīkāni sarvaśaḥ | abhimanyuprabhūtayas te dvādaśa mahārathāḥ, mahārāja! tatpaścāt apnī senāoṃko sab prakār se samarabhūmiṃ sthāpit karke bhīmasenake pada-cihnoṃ par calanevāle un abhimanyu ādi bārah mahārathiyoṃ ne, jinheṃ dharmarāja yudhiṣṭhir ne bhejā thā, āpke mahābalī putroṃ par dhāvā kiyā |
ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ମହାରାଜ! ତାପରେ ସେମାନେ ଯୁଦ୍ଧଭୂମିରେ ସମସ୍ତ ଦିଗରୁ ନିଜ ଅନୀକମାନଙ୍କୁ ସୁସଂଗଠିତ ଭାବେ ସ୍ଥାପନ କରି, ଭୀମସେନଙ୍କ ପଦଚିହ୍ନ ଅନୁସରଣକାରୀ ଅଭିମନ୍ୟୁ-ପ୍ରମୁଖ ସେଇ ବାରଜଣ ମହାରଥୀ—ଧର୍ମରାଜ ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିର ଯେଉଁମାନଙ୍କୁ ପଠାଇଥିଲେ—ତୁମ ମହାବଳୀ ପୁତ୍ରମାନଙ୍କ ଉପରେ ଧାବା କଲେ।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined kshatriya conduct: forces are first properly arrayed, then action is taken under legitimate command (Yudhishthira’s dispatch). Valor is framed as duty executed within order and responsibility, not as uncontrolled violence.
After positioning their battle-divisions, twelve elite Pandava chariot-warriors led by Abhimanyu—moving in Bhima’s wake and sent by Yudhishthira—launch a coordinated charge against Dhritarashtra’s powerful sons (the Kaurava princes).