Shloka 413
Droṇa’s Rebuke to Duryodhana after Jayadratha’s Fall (द्रोणेन दुर्योधनं प्रति प्रत्युक्तिः)
प्रत्युद्ययु: समुदिता: पठचाला जयगद्धिन: । उस महासमरमें आपके पुत्रको आते देख विजयकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले पांचाल सैनिक संघबद्ध हो उसका सामना करनेके लिये आगे बढ़े
pratyudyayuḥ samuditāḥ pāñcālā jayagṛddhinaḥ | asmin mahāsamare tava putram upāgataṃ dṛṣṭvā vijayābhilāṣiṇaḥ pāñcāla-sainikāḥ saṅghabaddhā bhūtvā tasya sāmanaṃ kartum agre jagmuḥ |
समुदिताः पाञ्चालाः जयाभिलाषिणः संघबद्धाः प्रत्युद्ययुः। तस्मिन् महासमरे तव पुत्रमागच्छन्तं दृष्ट्वा ते पाञ्चालसैनिकाः समवेत्य तस्य प्रतिमुखं ययुः॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how the desire for victory (jaya) organizes people into disciplined collective action, yet it also implicitly points to the ethical tension of war: resolve and strategy can be admirable as duty, while the violence they enable remains morally weighty.
As a Kaurava prince approaches, the Pāñcāla troops assemble, tighten their formation, and advance to meet him head-on in the great battle, preparing for direct confrontation.