Shloka 29
अध्याय ५८ — वानरध्वजस्य महेन्द्रास्त्रप्रयोगः
Chapter 58: Arjuna’s Deployment of the Indra-Weapon
स सायकमयैजलिरर्जुनस्य रथं प्रति । भानुमद्धिः शिलाधौतैर्भानोराच्छादयत् प्रभाम्
sa sāyakamayair jalair arjunasya rathaṃ prati | bhānumadbhir śilādhautair bhānor ācchādayat prabhām ||
قال فايشامبايانا: أمطر نحو عربة أرجونا وابلًا من السهام كأنه شبكةٌ من النبال. وبتلك الرماح المضيئة—المسنونة على حجر الجَلخ والمتلألئة ببهائها—غطّى السماء كثيفًا حتى بدا نور الشمس كأنه قد حُجِب.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ideal of kṣatriya prowess expressed through direct, open combat: disciplined skill and determination can overwhelm an opponent’s defenses, yet the action remains within the visible, face-to-face ethics of battlefield engagement rather than deceit.
A warrior unleashes such a dense volley of sharpened, gleaming arrows at Arjuna’s chariot that it appears like a net spread over it; the barrage is described as so brilliant and thick that it seems to obscure even the sun’s radiance.