Shloka 38
कर्णपर्व — चतुर्दशोऽध्यायः
Arjuna’s Suppression of the Saṃśaptakas; Kṛṣṇa’s Strategic Admonition; Battlefield Inventory
अन्योन्यं छादयन्तौ सम शरवृष्ट्या महारथौ । शराम्बुधारौ समरे शस्त्रविद्युत्प्रकाशिनौ
anyonyam chādayantau samaśaravṛṣṭyā mahārathau | śarāmbudhārau samare śastravidyutprakāśinau ||
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—সেই দুজন মহাৰথী সমান শৰবৃষ্টিৰে একে-অপৰক ঢাকি পেলাইছিল। সমৰত তেওঁলোক অস্ত্ৰৰূপ বিদ্যুতে দীপ্ত, বাণৰূপ জলধাৰা বহন কৰা মেঘৰ দৰে দেখা দিছিল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the intensity and symmetry of martial contest: when power meets power, the battlefield becomes a spectacle of skill and force. Ethically, it underscores how war magnifies human capability into destructive brilliance—inviting reflection on the cost of prowess when directed toward mutual harm.
Sanjaya describes a duel between two elite chariot-warriors. Each releases such a dense and equal rain of arrows that they obscure one another, appearing like storm-clouds bearing torrents, flashing with the lightning-like gleam of their weapons.