Shloka 28
द्रोणपुत्रस्याग्नेयास्त्रप्रयोगः — अर्जुनस्य ब्राह्मास्त्रप्रतिघातः — व्यासोपदेशः
Aśvatthāmā’s Agneyāstra, Arjuna’s Brāhmāstra Counter, and Vyāsa’s Instruction
षण्णां योधप्रवीराणां तावकानां पुरस्कृतम् | मृत्योरास्यमनुप्राप्तं धृष्टद्युम्नममंस्महि,आपकी सेनाके इन छ: प्रमुख वीर योद्धाओंके सामने खड़े हुए धृष्टद्युम्मको हमलोग मृत्युके मुखमें पड़ा हुआ ही मानने लगे
ṣaṇṇāṁ yodhapravīrāṇāṁ tāvakānāṁ puraskṛtam | mṛtyor āsyam anuprāptaṁ dhṛṣṭadyumnam amaṁsmāhi |
सञ्जय उवाच—तावकानां षण्णां योधप्रवीराणां पुरस्कृतं धृष्टद्युम्नं दृष्ट्वा वयं तम् इव मृत्योरास्यम् अनुप्राप्तम् अमंस्महि।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the stark moral and psychological reality of war: even a great warrior can appear ‘already seized by death’ when confronting overwhelming force. It underscores human judgment under fear and the ever-present certainty of mortality on the battlefield.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that Dhrishtadyumna, standing before six leading champions of the Kaurava host, seemed to them as if he had entered the jaws of death—an expression of how perilous his position appeared at that moment.