Shloka 25
Chapter 30: Formation Disruption, Competing War-Cries, and Nīla’s Fall
Droṇa-parva
हते तस्मिज्जलौघास्तु प्रादुरासन् भयानका: । अम्भसस्तस्य नाशार्थमादित्यास्त्रमथार्जुन:
hate tasmiñ jalaughās tu prādurāsan bhayānakāḥ | ambhasas tasya nāśārtham ādityāstram athārjunaḥ ||
সেইজন নিহত হোৱাত ভয়ংকৰ জলপ্ৰবাহ হঠাৎ উদ্ভৱ হ’ল। তেতিয়া সেই জলৰাশি বিনাশ কৰিবলৈ অৰ্জুনে আদিত্যাস্ত্ৰ প্ৰয়োগ কৰিলে।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid violent conflict, power should be applied proportionately and purposefully: Arjuna uses a specific counter-weapon to remove an immediate threat (the terrifying flood), illustrating disciplined action rather than uncontrolled destruction.
After a combatant is slain, dreadful torrents of water manifest on the battlefield. To neutralize this watery onslaught, Arjuna deploys the Āditya-astra, a solar divine weapon, to destroy or dry up the threatening mass of water.