Shloka 16
Adhyāya 74 (Book 6, Bhīṣma-parva): Bhīma–Duryodhana re-engagement and afternoon escalation
हयारोहवराश्वैव तव पुत्रेण चोदिता: । चतुर्दश सहस्राणि सौबलं पर्यवारयन्
hayārohavarāś caiva tava putreṇa coditāḥ | caturdaśa sahasrāṇi saubalaṃ paryavārayan |
三阇耶说道：在你儿子的驱策下，一万四千名精锐骑兵包围了苏婆罗，收紧战阵之环，将他牢牢困住。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a recurring Mahābhārata ethic: in war, obedience to a leader’s command can mobilize overwhelming force, but it also raises moral tension—loyalty and duty to one’s commander may drive actions that endanger others and intensify violence.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, at the urging of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son (Duryodhana), fourteen thousand elite cavalrymen formed an encirclement around Saubala, creating a tactical ring on the battlefield.