Shloka 30
भीष्मवधोपाय-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into the means to overcome Bhīṣma) | Chapter 103
महाराज! उसके सिंहनादसे भयभीत हो बहुत-से सैनिक अपने प्यारे प्राणोंको त्यागकर पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़े ।।
mahārāja! tasya siṃhanādena bhayabhītā bahavaḥ sainikāḥ priyān prāṇān tyaktvā pṛthivyāṃ nipetuḥ. kārṣṇiś cāpi mudā yuktaḥ pragṛhya saśaraṃ dhanuḥ nṛtyann iva rathopasthe tad rakṣaḥ samupādravat.
قال سانجيا: أيها الملك، لما فزع كثير من الجنود من ذلك الزئير الشبيه بزئير الأسد، تركوا أرواحهم العزيزة وسقطوا على الأرض. وأما كارشني، وقد امتلأ فرحًا وحماسة، فأمسك قوسه وقد رُكِّب السهم؛ وكأنه يرقص على مقعد العربة اندفع مباشرة نحو ذلك الراكشسا.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contrasts panic and resolve: fear can collapse an army’s morale, while disciplined courage and spirited readiness (holding bow and arrow, charging the foe) embody the kṣatriya ideal of meeting danger directly rather than yielding to terror.
After a terrifying lion-like roar causes many soldiers to fall dead or collapse in fear, the hero identified here as Kārṣṇi/Abhimanyu, exhilarated and confident, readies his bow with an arrow and charges toward a rākṣasa-like opponent, moving so swiftly that he seems to dance on the chariot-seat.