Shloka 26
अध्याय ८० — मध्यंदिन-रणवृत्तान्तः
Yudhiṣṭhira–Śrutāyu encounter; Cekitāna–Gautama clash; Abhimanyu pressure; Arjuna’s redeployment
“राजन्! उस भयंकर एवं तुमुल युद्धमें भीमसेनने इस महाव्यूहका भेदन करके इसके भीतर प्रवेश किया था” ।। विशोकस्य वच: श्रुत्वा धृष्टद्युम्नो5थ पार्षत: । प्रत्युवाच तत: सूतं रणमध्ये महाबल:,विशोककी यह बात सुनकर महाबली ट्रुपदकुमार धृष्टद्युम्नने उस समरांगणमें उनके सारथिसे इस प्रकार कहा--
viśokasya vacaḥ śrutvā dhṛṣṭadyumno ’tha pārṣataḥ | pratyuvāca tataḥ sūtaṃ raṇamadhye mahābalaḥ ||
وِشوک کی بات سن کر پِرشَت پُتر مہابلی دھرِشتدیومن نے عین میدانِ جنگ میں اسی سارَتھی کو جواب دیا۔
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid chaos, responsible action depends on attentive listening and measured response; leadership in dharmic warfare requires receiving reports, judging them, and replying with clarity rather than impulse.
Sañjaya narrates that Viśoka speaks, and Dhṛṣṭadyumna—identified by his patronymic Pārṣata—hears him and replies to the charioteer in the middle of the battle, setting up the next tactical or moral exchange.