Shloka 13
आकर्णपूर्णायतसम्प्रयुक्तै: शरैस्तदा संयति तैलधौतै: । अन्योन्यमाच्छादयतां महारथौ मद्राधिपश्चापि युधिष्ठिरश्ष,मद्रराज शल्य और युधिष्ठिर दोनों महारथी कानतक खींचकर छोड़े गये और तेलमें धोये हुए बाणोंद्वारा उस समय युद्धमें एक-दूसरेको आच्छादित करने लगे
sañjaya uvāca |
ākarṇapūrṇāyatasamprayuktaiḥ śarais tadā saṃyati tailadhautaiḥ |
anyonyam ācchādayatāṃ mahārathau madrādhipaś cāpi yudhiṣṭhiraś ca ||
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—তেতিয়া সমৰৰ মাজত মদ্ৰাধিপ শল্য আৰু যুধিষ্ঠিৰ—দুয়ো মহাৰথী—কাণলৈকে টানি এৰি দিয়া, তেলত ধোৱা যেন চকচকীয়া তীক্ষ্ণ শৰৰে পৰস্পৰক আচ্ছাদিত কৰিবলৈ ধৰিলে।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the Kṣatriya ideal of unwavering skill and resolve in battle, while implicitly underscoring the ethical gravity of war: even the most disciplined martial excellence unfolds within a tragic arena where duty and destruction coexist.
Sañjaya describes Śalya (king of Madra) and Yudhiṣṭhira as they exchange fully drawn, oil-polished arrows, each attempting to ‘cover’ the other with a dense shower of missiles in direct chariot-to-chariot combat.