Shloka 6
Somadatta–Sātyaki Engagement; Bhīma’s Interventions; Droṇa–Yudhiṣṭhira Astra Exchange
Book 7, Chapter 132
व्यायच्छन्ति च तत्रापि सर्व एवापराजिता: । यदि तावद्ू रणे पार्थो व्यतिक्रान्तो महारथ:
vyāyacchanti ca tatrāpi sarva evāparājitāḥ | yadi tāvad raṇe pārtho vyatikrānto mahārathaḥ ||
सञ्जय उवाच—“तत्रापि सर्व एवापराजिताः व्यायच्छन्ति प्रयत्नं कुर्वन्ति। यदि तावद् रणे पार्थो महारथो व्यतिक्रान्तः…”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights steadfast effort and resilience in the face of conflict: warriors remain ‘unconquered’ not merely by outcome but by continuing disciplined exertion, while a leader’s breakthrough (Arjuna’s) becomes a decisive ethical and strategic turning point in war.
Sañjaya reports that the fighters are still striving intensely, and he introduces a conditional development: if Arjuna, the great warrior, has managed to cross or break through the opposing battle-lines, it signals a significant shift in the unfolding combat.