Shloka 333
अध्याय २२ — अमर्याद-युद्धवर्णन
Unrestrained Battle Description and Śakuni’s Rear Assault
राजानं योधयामास पश्यतां सर्वधन्विनाम् | तब धृष्टद्युम्न भी दूसरा उत्तम धनुष लेकर समरभूमिमें सम्पूर्ण धनुर्थरोंके देखते-देखते राजा दुर्योधनके साथ युद्ध करने लगे
sañjaya uvāca | rājānaṃ yodhayāmāsa paśyatāṃ sarva-dhanvinām | tataḥ dhṛṣṭadyumno bhī dvitīyaḥ uttamaṃ dhanuḥ gṛhītvā samara-bhūmau sampūrṇa-dhanurdharāṇāṃ dṛśyatāṃ rājā duryodhanena saha yuddhaṃ cakāra |
राजानं योधयामास पश्यतां सर्वधन्विनाम् । ततः धृष्टद्युम्नोऽपि द्वितीयं वरधनुः आदाय सर्वधन्विनां पश्यतां रणभूमौ राजा दुर्योधनं समयोधयत् ॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights how kshatriya action in war is not merely private bravery but a public, witnessed deed that carries ethical consequence; the battlefield becomes a stage where duty, reputation, and accountability converge.
Sanjaya reports that Duryodhana is engaged in combat before all the archers; then Dhrishtadyumna takes up another fine bow and enters into direct battle with Duryodhana on the battlefield, in full view of the assembled warriors.