Shloka 44
अध्याय १४८ — कर्णप्रभावः, धृष्टद्युम्नस्य विरथता, तथा घटोत्कच-आह्वानम्
Chapter 148: Karṇa’s Pressure, Dhṛṣṭadyumna Unhorsed, and the Summoning of Ghaṭotkaca
स तान् रथवरान् राजजन्नत्याक्रामत् तदार्जुन: | मोहयजन्निव नाराचैर्जयद्रथवधेप्सया । विसृजन् दिक्षु सर्वासु शरानसितसारथि:
sa tān rathavarān rājann atyākramat tadārjunaḥ | mohayann iva nārācair jayadrathavadhepsayā || visṛjan dikṣu sarvāsu śarān asitasārathiḥ |
قال سنجيا: أيها الملك، عندئذٍ اندفع أرجونا يضغط على أولئك الفرسان من أهل المركبات ضغطًا شديدًا، كأنه يُذهلهم بنبالٍ من حديد، مدفوعًا بعزمه على قتل جايا دراثا. ومع كريشنا، السائق الأسمر، ظل يطلق السهام إلى كل الجهات بلا انقطاع.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights vow-driven resolve within dharma: Arjuna’s focused effort to punish a grave wrong (Jayadratha’s role in Abhimanyu’s death) is portrayed as disciplined, purposeful action in war—intense yet directed by a moral aim rather than mere rage.
Sañjaya reports that Arjuna, with Kṛṣṇa as charioteer, charges the leading enemy chariot-fighters and showers arrows in all directions, seemingly confounding them, because he is intent on reaching and killing Jayadratha.