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” ।।
viśokasya vacaḥ śrutvā dhṛṣṭadyumno ’tha pārṣataḥ | pratyuvāca tataḥ sūtaṃ raṇamadhye mahābalaḥ ||
三阇耶说道：“王啊！在那可怖而喧腾的战斗中，毗摩塞那击破大阵，已入其内。”听罢毗首迦之言，大力的德里什塔丢摩那——普利沙塔（德鲁帕达）之子——便在战阵中央对车夫如此答道。
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.