Shloka 73
अध्याय ८० — मध्यंदिन-रणवृत्तान्तः
Yudhiṣṭhira–Śrutāyu encounter; Cekitāna–Gautama clash; Abhimanyu pressure; Arjuna’s redeployment
तत्प्रभग्नं बल॑ दृष्टवा द्रोणेनामिततेजसा । नाशवनुवन् वारयितुं समस्तास्ते महारथा:
tatprabhagnaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā droṇenāmitatejasā | nāśakan nu vārayituṃ samastās te mahārathāḥ ||
ครั้นเห็นว่ากระบวนทัพของตนถูกโทรณะผู้มีเดชานุภาพหาประมาณมิได้ทำลายจนแตกพ่าย เหล่ามหารถทั้งปวงแม้ร่วมแรงกันก็ยังไม่อาจยับยั้งเขาได้
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how disciplined strategy and concentrated power can overwhelm even a united opposition, and it intensifies the moral pressure of war: once violence escalates under capable leadership, restraint becomes difficult, testing the warriors’ dharma and judgment.
Sañjaya reports that Droṇa has broken the opposing army’s formation; despite the combined efforts of all the great chariot-warriors, they cannot stop or contain him.