Shloka 19
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 45: Saubhadra–Lakṣmaṇa-saṃyoga and Kaurava Counter-Encirclement
सुवर्णपुड्खैरिषुभिननानालिड्लैः सुतेजनै: । अदृश्यमार्जुनिं चक्रु्निमेषात् ते नृूपात्मजा:,उन राजकुमारोंने सोनेके पंखवाले नाना प्रकारके चिह्लोंसे सुशोभित और पैने बाणोंद्वारा अर्जुनकुमार अभिमन्युको पलक मारते-मारते अदृश्य कर दिया
suvarṇapuḍkhair iṣubhir nānāliṅgaiḥ sutejanaiḥ | adṛśyam ārjunim cakrur nimeṣāt te nṛpātmajāḥ ||
সোণালী পাখিযুক্ত, নানা চিহ্নে চিহ্নিত তীক্ষ্ণ তীৰে সেই ৰাজপুত্ৰসকলে নিমেষতে অৰ্জুনপুত্ৰ অভিমন্যুক অদৃশ্য কৰি পেলালে।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how coordinated force in war can eclipse individual prowess, sharpening the Mahābhārata’s ethical tension: martial skill and courage exist alongside the moral danger of many assailing one, where victory may come at the cost of fairness and dharmic restraint.
Sañjaya narrates that the princes shower Abhimanyu with sharp, golden-fletched, distinctly marked arrows so densely that, within a blink, he can no longer be seen—suggesting he is engulfed by missiles and the chaos of the battlefield.