सेनापतियों की नियुक्ति

Sanjaya said Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, hearing the words of Uluka, began to move his army at the head of which was Dhrishtadyumna.

That fierce army, immovable as the earth itself, had all the four divisions, namely foot soldiers, elephants, chariots and horses.

The army was protected by men of terrific strength and by the great car warriors including Arjuna; and under the leadership of Dhrishtadyumna it was still as the sea.

In the van of it were the great bowman, the prince of Panchala, hard to vanquish in battle and Dhrishtadyumna desirous of an encounter with Drona, attributing particular tasks to each warrior.

He gave instructions to car warriors each according to his strength and energy; and he appointed Arjuna to fight with the son of a Suta. Bhima with Duryodhana,

Dhrishtaketu with Shalya, Uttamanyus with the son of Gautama, Nakula with Ashvathama, Saivya with Kritavarman,

And he appointed Yuyudhana of the Vrishini race to fight with the king of the Sindhus and also appointed Shikhandin to be in the front for fighting with Bhishma.

He also appointed Sahadeva to fight with Shakuni, Chekitana with Shala, and the five sons of Draupadi with the Trigartas,

The son of Subhadra with Vrishasena and the rest of the rulers of the earth for he regarded him (Abhimanyu) as even superior to Arjuna himself in battle.

Having thus allotted among those warriors separately and collectively their respective tasks, that warrior, of the hue of fire, kept Drona for his own share,

The great bowman, Dhrishtadyumna, the general of the commander of the army, endued with intelligence, having prepared his troops, duly waited patiently for the battle.

Having arranged the army of the Pandavas as indicated above, he waited calmly on the field of battle for the sake of victory to the sons of Pandu.