Shloka 1066
गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह
Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation
अभ्यवर्तत गाड़ेय: श्वेतं सेनापतिं द्रुतम् । भरतश्रेष्ठ] आपके पिता गंगानन्दन भीष्मने नरश्रेष्ठ भीमसेन आदि महारथियोंसे घिरे हुए सेनापति श्वेतको देखकर उनपर तुरंत धावा किया
sañjaya uvāca | abhyavartata gāḍeyaḥ śvetaṃ senāpatiṃ drutam |
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: Pagkaraan, mabilis na sumugod si Gāḍeya kay Śveta, ang kumandante ng hukbo. Sa gitna ng labanan, kapag namataan ang pinuno sa piling ng mga dakilang mandirigma, hinahangad ng kalaban na baliin ang loob ng kaaway sa pamamagitan ng pag-atake sa mismong pamumuno—isang gawaing sumusubok sa tapang at pagpipigil ayon sa kṣatriya-dharma.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a battlefield ethic within kṣatriya-dharma: decisive action against key leaders can be seen as legitimate strategy, yet it implicitly raises the moral tension between necessary force and the responsibility to act with discipline rather than mere rage.
Sañjaya narrates that the warrior Gāḍeya rapidly advances to attack Śveta, who is identified as the army’s commander, indicating an attempt to disrupt the opposing force by targeting its leadership.