Shloka 393
Bhagadatta’s Advance, the Saṃśaptaka Challenge, and Arjuna’s Counterstrike (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय २६)
रथानीकेन महता सर्वतः पर्यवारयत् | तब युधिष्ठिरने राजा भगदत्तको अपने बाणोंसे घायल करके विशाल रथसेनाके द्वारा सब ओरसे घेर लिया
sañjaya uvāca |
rathānīkena mahatā sarvataḥ paryavārayat |
सञ्जय उवाच—महता रथानीकेन स सर्वतः पर्यवारयत्। ततः युधिष्ठिरो राजा बाणैर्भगदत्तं विद्ध्वा महत्या रथसेनया सर्वतोऽभ्यवरोधयत्।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid war, action is expected to be purposeful and disciplined: a king uses organized force to neutralize a dangerous opponent, reflecting kṣatriya-dharma—protecting one’s side through strategy rather than uncontrolled aggression.
Sañjaya reports that a warrior is encircled on all sides by a large chariot-formation; in the surrounding context, Yudhiṣṭhira wounds Bhagadatta with arrows and then has him hemmed in by a great chariot-host.