Shloka 42
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय 54: फल्गुन-प्रतिरोधः, सौबली-व्यूह-विध्वंसः, दुर्योधन-भीष्म-संवादः
यथोक्तः स नृदेवेन विष्णुर्वज्ञभूता यथा । (बा्हस्पत्येन विधिना व्यूहमार्गविचक्षण: ।) प्रभाते सर्वसैन्यानामग्रे चक्रे धनंजयम्
sañjaya uvāca | yathoktaḥ sa nṛdevena viṣṇur vajrabhūtā yathā | (bārhaspatyena vidhinā vyūhamārgavicakṣaṇaḥ |) prabhāte sarvasainyānām agre cakre dhanañjayam |
Санджая сказал: Как Индра, держащий ваджру, мог бы обратиться к владыке Вишну (Viṣṇu), так и здесь — после того как царь среди людей Юдхиштхира (Yudhiṣṭhira) изрёк сказанное ранее, Дхриштадьюмна (Dhṛṣṭadyumna), искусный в путях построений, на рассвете выстроил все войска по методу, преподанному Брихаспати (Bṛhaspati), и поставил Дхананджаю (Dhanañjaya), то есть Арджуну (Arjuna), впереди всех сил.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Competent leadership in dharmic conflict requires disciplined preparation and adherence to proven counsel: the army is arranged at dawn by a commander skilled in formations, following an authoritative method (attributed to Bṛhaspati), and the foremost warrior is positioned where responsibility is greatest.
After Yudhiṣṭhira’s prior instruction, Dhṛṣṭadyumna organizes the Pandava forces into a battle-array before sunrise, using the formation-method associated with Bṛhaspati, and he stations Arjuna at the head of the combined troops.