Shloka 88
स पार्थबाणैरविनिपातितायुधो ध्वजावमर्दे च कृते महाहवे । कृत: कृपो बाणसहस्रयन्त्रितो यथा55पगेय: प्रथमं किरीटिना
sa pārthabāṇair avinipātitāyudho dhvajāvamarde ca kṛte mahāhave | kṛtaḥ kṛpo bāṇasahasrayantrito yathā śayageyaḥ prathamaṃ kirīṭinā ||
কৰ্ণ ক’লে—সেই মহাযুদ্ধত অৰ্জুনৰ শৰাঘাতে কৃপৰ অস্ত্ৰসমূহ পতিত হ’ল আৰু ধ্বজা ভাঙিল; তেতিয়া কিৰীটধাৰী অৰ্জুনে সহস্ৰ শৰৰে কৃপক এনেদৰে আবদ্ধ কৰিলে, যেনেকৈ আগতে ভীষ্মক শৰজালত বেঁধি থৈছিল।
कर्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined martial dharma: true prowess is shown not merely by killing but by controlled superiority—disarming and immobilizing an opponent, even a revered elder, while maintaining battlefield purpose and restraint.
Karna describes Arjuna’s feat in the great battle: Arjuna knocks Kripacharya’s weapons down, breaks his banner, and then pins him with a dense shower of arrows—likened to how Arjuna earlier overwhelmed Bhishma with countless arrows.