Shloka 28
द्रौणि-पार्षतयोर्युद्धम् | The Duel of Aśvatthāmā
Drauṇi) and Dhṛṣṭadyumna (Pārṣata
तान् पाण्डुपृत्रश्चिच्छेद नवभिर्नतपर्वभि: । वसुषेणेन निर्मुक्तान्ू नव राजन् महाशरान्,राजन! वसुषेण (कर्ण)-के छोड़े हुए नौ विशाल बाणोंको पाण्डुपुत्र भीमसेनने झुकी हुई गाँठवाले नौ बाणोंद्वारा काट गिराया
tān pāṇḍuputraś ciccheda navabhir nataparvabhiḥ | vasuṣeṇena nirmuktān nava rājan mahāśarān ||
قال سنجيا: أيها الملك، إنّ ابن باندو (بهيمسينا) قطع بتسعة سهامٍ ذات عُقَدٍ منحنية تلك السهامَ العظام التسعة التي أطلقها فاسوṣيṇa (كَرْنَة). ويُبرز المشهد تبادُلَ القتال الذي لا يهدأ—مهارةً تُجيب مهارة—حتى تُطمَسَ الرزانةُ تحت مطالب الحرب والبقاء.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid adharma-saturated war, the epic highlights disciplined competence and alertness: a warrior must meet danger with presence of mind and proportionate response. The verse also reflects how violence tends to invite immediate counter-violence, tightening the cycle of escalation.
Karna (Vasuṣeṇa) shoots nine powerful arrows. Bhīma, identified as the son of Pāṇḍu, counters instantly by severing those nine incoming shafts with nine of his own arrows described as nataparvan (bent-jointed), causing Karna’s missiles to fall.