Shloka 113
दध्युश्वैव महाराज न युद्धे दधिरे मन: । ऊरुग्राहगृहीता श्व नाभ्यधावन्त पाण्डवान्
sañjaya uvāca | dadhyuḥ eva mahārāja na yuddhe dadhire manaḥ | ūrugrāhagrahītā iva na abhyadhāvanta pāṇḍavān |
三阇耶说道：大王啊，他们震骇至极，心神不能安住于战。面对般度五子，他们并未冲杀，仿佛被巨鳄咬住一般——绝望与沉重的忧惧将他们牢牢钳制，使其气力似被抽尽。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how inner states—despair, anxiety, and fear—can immobilize even warriors, obstructing the performance of duty. It implicitly contrasts the ideal of steadfast kṣatriya resolve with the reality that mental collapse can halt action as effectively as physical restraint.
Sañjaya reports to the king that the fighters (contextually, the Kaurava side) have fallen into deep dejection and cannot bring themselves to charge the Pāṇḍavas. Their paralysis is compared to being caught by a powerful crocodile, emphasizing helplessness and loss of initiative.