Shloka 18
नकुलस्तु ततः कर्ण विद्ध्वा सप्तभिराशुगै: । अथास्य धनुष: कोटिं पुनश्चिच्छेद मारिष,माननीय नरेश! तदनन्तर नकुलने कर्णको सात बाणोंसे घायल करके उसके धनुषका एक कोना पुन: काट डाला
nakulastu tataḥ karṇa viddhvā saptabhir āśugaiḥ | athāsya dhanuṣaḥ koṭiṃ punaś ciccheda māriṣa mānanīya nareśa |
মাৰিষ! তাৰ পিছত নকুলে সাতটা দ্ৰুত বাণে কৰ্ণক বিদ্ধ কৰি, তেওঁৰ ধনুৰ এটা কোণ পুনৰ কাটি পেলালে।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a battlefield ethic of neutralizing an opponent’s capacity to harm: Nakula not only wounds Karṇa but also disables his bow, showing strategic restraint and tactical intelligence within the kṣatriya framework of war.
Sañjaya reports that Nakula first strikes Karṇa with seven swift arrows and then again severs a corner of Karṇa’s bow, aiming to hinder Karṇa’s ability to continue effective archery in the ongoing combat.