Shloka 26
कर्णपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः | Karṇa Parva, Chapter 15: Pāṇḍya’s Advance and Aśvatthāmā’s Counterstroke
एवमुक्तो5वहत् पार्थ कृष्णो द्रोणात्मजान्तिके । जैत्रेण विधिना55हूतं वायुरिन्द्रमिवाध्वरे
evam ukto ’vahat pārthaḥ kṛṣṇo droṇātmajāntike | jaitreṇa vidhināhūtaṃ vāyur indram ivādhvare ||
桑阇耶说道：既如此言，奎师那便驾着那乘载胜利的战车，将帕尔塔（阿周那）送至德罗那之子面前；正如伐由依正当的吠陀仪轨，把已被召请的因陀罗引入祭祀之中。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined agency: Kṛṣṇa’s guidance moves Arjuna toward a decisive confrontation, and the ritual simile (vidhi, āhūta) suggests that power and action are most effective—and ethically framed—when directed through proper order and right method, even in the chaos of war.
After being addressed, Kṛṣṇa, acting as charioteer, drives Arjuna in a victory-bearing chariot to the vicinity of Droṇa’s son Aśvatthāmā, setting up their encounter; the poet compares this to Vāyu bringing the invoked Indra into the sacrificial arena.