Shloka 40
अध्याय ८० — मध्यंदिन-रणवृत्तान्तः
Yudhiṣṭhira–Śrutāyu encounter; Cekitāna–Gautama clash; Abhimanyu pressure; Arjuna’s redeployment
भ्रातृनथोपेत्य तवापि पुत्र- स्तस्मिन् विमर्दे महति प्रवृत्ते । अयं दुरात्मा द्रुपदस्य पुत्र: समागतो भीमसेनेन सार्थम्
bhrātṝn athopetya tavāpi putras tasmin vimarde mahati pravṛtte | ayaṁ durātmā drupadasya putraḥ samāgato bhīmasenena sārtham ||
ਸੰਜਯ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਫਿਰ ਤੇਰਾ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਵੀ ਆਪਣੇ ਭਰਾਵਾਂ ਕੋਲ ਜਾ ਕੇ, ਜਿਵੇਂ ਹੀ ਉਹ ਮਹਾਨ ਘਮਸਾਨ ਛਿੜਿਆ, ਉਸ ਭਿਆਨਕ ਮਰਦਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੂਦ ਪਿਆ। ਓਸੇ ਵੇਲੇ ਦ੍ਰੁਪਦ ਦਾ ਦੁਸ਼ਟ-ਮਨ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਭੀਮਸੇਨ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਉੱਥੇ ਆ ਪਹੁੰਚਿਆ।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse is primarily narrative, but it highlights how, once a great battle-melee begins, leaders and allies converge quickly; it also reflects the epic’s ethical lens by labeling an opponent as “durātmā” (evil-minded), showing that war-reporting in the Mahābhārata often carries moral evaluation alongside description.
Sañjaya reports that Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son (understood as Duryodhana) moves toward Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s brothers and enters the intense close-quarters fighting. At the same time, Drupada’s son (understood as Dṛṣṭadyumna) arrives on the scene accompanied by Bhīmasena.