Shloka 26
उपायधर्म-सेनायोगः
Upāya-dharma and Senāyoga: Expedient Ethics & Army Deployment
एवं संचिन्त्य यो याति तिथिनक्षत्रपूजित: । विजयं लभते नित्यं सेनां सम्यक् प्रयोजयन् । प्रसुप्तांस्तृषितान् श्रान्तान् प्रकीर्णान्ू नाभिघातयेत्
bhīṣma uvāca | evaṃ saṃcintya yo yāti tithi-nakṣatra-pūjitaḥ | vijayaṃ labhate nityaṃ senāṃ samyak prayojayan | prasuptāṃs tṛṣitān śrāntān prakīrṇān na abhighātayet |
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Ang sinumang matapos pag-isipan ang lahat ng ito ay sumalakay sa kaaway sa isang mapalad na araw ng buwan at sa ilalim ng kanais-nais na bituin, at nag-aayos ng hukbo nang wasto, ay palaging nagkakamit ng tagumpay. Gayunman, huwag niyang saktan ang mga natutulog, nauuhaw, pagod na pagod, o nagkakawatak-watak sa pagtakbo.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Victory is linked not only to strategy and auspicious preparation but also to restraint: a righteous warrior should avoid attacking opponents who are helpless—sleeping, thirsty, exhausted, or scattered—upholding dharma even in war.
In Bhishma’s instruction on righteous conduct, he advises how a commander should plan and deploy forces for success while simultaneously setting ethical limits on violence during an advance against the enemy.