Shloka 70
Kṛṣṇa-vīrya-kathana
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s appraisal of Vāsudeva’s deeds
तस्य नप्तारमायान्तं शैब्यं क: समवारयत् | द्रोणायाभिमुखं यत्तं व्यात्ताननमिवान्तकम्,उन्हीं उशीनरका पौत्र शैब्य सावधान हो जब द्रोणाचार्यके सम्मुख आ रहा था, उस समय मुँह फैलाये हुए कालके समान उस वीरको किसने रोका?
tasya naptāram āyāntaṃ śaibyaṃ kaḥ samavārayat | droṇāyābhimukhaṃ yattaṃ vyāttānanaṃ ivāntakam |
ਵੈਸ਼ੰਪਾਯਨ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ— ਉਸ਼ੀਨਰ ਦਾ ਪੌਤ੍ਰ ਸ਼ੈਬ੍ਯ ਜਦੋਂ ਦ੍ਰੋਣਾਚਾਰਯ ਦੇ ਸਾਹਮਣੇ, ਮੌਤ ਵਾਂਗ ਮੂੰਹ ਖੋਲ੍ਹ ਕੇ, ਤੀਬਰ ਵੇਗ ਨਾਲ ਧਾਵਾ ਕਰ ਰਿਹਾ ਸੀ, ਤਦ ਉਸ ਵੀਰ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਸ ਨੇ ਰੋਕਿਆ?
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a key battlefield ethic: even when a warrior charges with death-like ferocity, the moral order of combat involves counter-action that restrains excess. It frames war not as unbounded violence but as a contest governed by opposing duties, skill, and checks that prevent a single fury from becoming indiscriminate destruction.
Vaiśampāyana describes Śaibya, identified as Uśīnara’s grandson, rushing directly at Droṇa with terrifying intensity, compared to Death with a gaping mouth. The narrator then poses a suspenseful question—who stopped him?—setting up the next detail about the warrior who intercepts or restrains Śaibya.