Shloka 20
कर्णेन व्यूहविधानम् — Karṇa’s Battle Formation and the Pāṇḍava Counter-Plan
Adhyāya 31
जैसे संग्रामभूमिमें अर्जुनके रथकी बागडोर सँभालनेवाले श्रेष्ठ सारथि श्रीकृष्ण हैं, उसी प्रकार आप भी कर्णके रथपर बैठकर उसकी बागडोर अपने हाथमें लीजिये ।।
sañjaya uvāca | yathā saṅgrāmabhūmau arjunasya rathasya bāgḍoraṃ sambhālayituṃ śreṣṭhaḥ sārathiḥ śrīkṛṣṇaḥ, tathā tvam api karṇasya rathopaviṣṭaḥ tasya bāgḍoraṃ svahastena gṛhāṇa || tena yukto raṇe pārtho rakṣyamāṇaś ca pārthiva | yāni karmāṇi kurute pratyakṣāṇi tathaiva tat || rājann, śrīkṛṣṇena saṃyuktaḥ surakṣitaś ca pārthaḥ raṇabhūmau yāni yāni karmāṇi karoti, tāni sarvāṇi tava cakṣuṣoḥ pratyakṣāṇi ||
三阇耶说道：“正如在战场上，至上的御者圣克里希那执掌并引导阿周那战车的缰绳；同样，你也应登上迦尔那的战车，亲手握住缰绳。因为当帕尔塔（阿周那）与克里希那相合，并在其护佑下作战时，他在战阵中所行的一切作为，皆在你眼前昭然成就，噢，大王。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Effective action in crisis depends on right guidance and protection: Arjuna’s visible successes are attributed to being ‘yukta’ with Kṛṣṇa—symbolizing superior counsel, steadiness, and safeguarding. The verse implicitly contrasts mere valor with guided, disciplined agency.
Sanjaya advises King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, just as Kṛṣṇa expertly drives Arjuna’s chariot, the king should similarly take charge of Karṇa’s chariot by holding the reins—an image urging direct oversight and strategic control. He adds that Arjuna’s battlefield deeds, empowered by Kṛṣṇa’s support, are plainly evident to the king through Sanjaya’s report.