Shloka 16
Adhyāya 108 — Nimitta-darśana and Drona’s counsel amid Arjuna’s advance (निमित्तदर्शनं द्रोणोपदेशश्च)
दुर्योधनो महाराज दुःशासनमभाषत | संजय कहते हैं--महाराज! ग्रीष्म-ऋतुके अन्तमें (वर्षारम्भ होनेपर) जैसे मेघ आकाशकमें सूर्यदेवको ढक लेते हैं
sañjaya uvāca | duryodhano mahārāja duḥśāsanam abhāṣata | tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau paurṇamāsyām ambuvegaṃ yathā velā mahodadheḥ ||
三阇耶说：大王啊，杜尤陀那对度沙萨那说道。随后，尤提史提罗王与摩德丽的两位儿子（那俱罗与娑诃提婆）在战场上遏止了骑兵的奔突——正如海岸在满月之时也能约束大海涨潮的狂涌，纵使海水充盈欲越其界。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power that swells beyond limits is not inherently victorious; it can be contained by steadiness, order, and disciplined action aligned with dharma. The shoreline-and-ocean simile highlights the ethical value of restraint and rightful resistance amid violent conflict.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Duryodhana speaks to Duḥśāsana. Meanwhile, Yudhiṣṭhira together with Mādrī’s twin sons (Nakula and Sahadeva) blunts the charge of enemy horsemen, likened to a coast halting the ocean’s full-moon surge.