Shloka 31
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 37: Sañjaya’s Account of Abhimanyu’s Precision Disruption of a Chariot Contingent
कर्णस्तं पञ्चविंशत्या नाराचानां समार्पयत् । अश्वत्थामा च विंशत्या कृतवर्मा च सप्तभि:,तब कर्णने पचीस, अश्व॒त्थामाने बीस तथा कृतवर्माने सात नाराचोंद्वारा अभिमन्युको गहरी चोट पहुँचायी
karṇas taṃ pañcaviṃśatyā nārācānāṃ samārpayat | aśvatthāmā ca viṃśatyā kṛtavarmā ca saptabhiḥ ||
قال سانجيا: إنَّ كارنا أصابه بخمسٍ وعشرين من سهام «ناراجا»؛ وأصابَه أشوَتّھاما بعشرين؛ وأصابَه كريتَفارما بسبعة. وهكذا، في وطأة المعركة، تعرّض أبهيمانيو لهجومٍ متزامن من محاربين كثيرين—صورةٌ لقسوة اندفاع الحرب، حيث تُختَبَر البسالة وسط عنفٍ منسَّقٍ طاغٍ لا في نزالٍ متكافئ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war can slide from regulated combat toward overwhelming, collective violence. It invites reflection on kṣatriya-dharma and battlefield ethics: valor is not only personal skill but also the moral frame within which force is used.
Sañjaya reports that Karṇa, Aśvatthāmā, and Kṛtavarmā simultaneously shower Abhimanyu with arrows—25, 20, and 7 respectively—intensifying the coordinated assault against him during the Kurukṣetra battle.