Shloka 13
कुरुक्षेत्रे सेनानिवेशवृत्तान्तः — Dhṛtarāṣṭra Questions Saṃjaya on the Deployed Armies
सेनाप्रणेतृन् विधिवदभ्यषिज्चद् युधिष्ठिर: । सर्वसेनापतिं चात्र धृष्टद्युम्नं चकार ह
senāpraṇetṝn vidhivad abhyasiñcad yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | sarvasenāpatiṁ cātra dhṛṣṭadyumnaṁ cakāra ha ||
毗湿摩波耶那说：由提施提罗依照仪轨，依法为诸军统帅行灌顶之礼；并在此任命德里什塔丢姆那为统领全军的总司令。此举彰显般度诸子即便战事不可避免，仍坚持合乎法度的程序与可追责的统御。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in the approach to war, rightful governance requires actions to be done vidhivat—by established norms—so that authority is legitimate, responsibilities are clear, and violence is not undertaken as mere impulse but under accountable leadership.
Yudhiṣṭhira performs formal consecrations for the army’s leaders and then appoints Dhṛṣṭadyumna as the overall commander-in-chief of the Pandava forces.