Shloka 27
Adhyāya 108 — Nimitta-darśana and Drona’s counsel amid Arjuna’s advance (निमित्तदर्शनं द्रोणोपदेशश्च)
पश्यतां वो महाबाहो सेनां द्रावयति प्रभो । त॑ वारय महाबाहो वेलेव मकरालयम्
paśyatāṃ vo mahābāho senāṃ drāvayati prabho | taṃ vārayā mahābāho veleva makarālayam ||
桑阇耶说道：“噢，臂力无双者，主上，就在你们眼前，他正使大军溃散奔逃。遏止他吧，噢，臂力无双者——如同海岸阻住那大海，那是摩伽罗（makara）之所居。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse stresses a ruler/warrior’s responsibility to act decisively when disorder spreads: leadership is shown by restraining destructive force and protecting the collective, just as a boundary (the shore) contains the sea.
Sañjaya urgently reports that a formidable fighter is driving the army into flight right before their eyes, and he exhorts the addressed hero/leader to check and contain that onslaught, using the image of the shoreline holding back the ocean.