Shloka 7
अस्त्रयुद्धे द्रौणिपार्थसंघर्षः — Karṇa’s Bhārgavāstra and the Search for Yudhiṣṭhira
Chapter 45
प्रविभज्य यथान्यायं कथं वा समवस्थिता: । कथं पाण्डुसुताश्चापि प्रत्यव्यूहन्त मामकान्
pravibhajya yathānyāyaṁ kathaṁ vā samavasthitāḥ | kathaṁ pāṇḍusutāś cāpi pratyavyūhanta māmakān ||
Sañjaya disse: “Tendo repartido os guerreiros conforme a regra e à devida conveniência, como ficaram eles dispostos em suas posições? E como os filhos de Pāṇḍu, em resposta ao meu lado, formaram sua contraformação para enfrentar os Kaurava?”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the ideal that even warfare is expected to be conducted within a framework of nyāya—order, propriety, and rule—so that tactical decisions (vyūha and counter-vyūha) are not merely about power but about disciplined, accountable conduct.
Sañjaya, narrating the battlefield events, raises (or relays) the question of how the forces were properly divided and stationed, and specifically how the Pāṇḍavas responded by arranging a counter-formation against the Kaurava side.