Shloka 2
Kuru-Sainika-Āśvāsana and Vijayaghoṣaṇa
Reassuring the Kuru Soldiers; Proclaiming Victory
स सायकमयैरजललै: सर्वतस्तान् महारथान् | प्राच्छादयदमेयात्मा नीहारेणेव पर्वतान्
sa sāyakamayair ajālaiḥ sarvatas tān mahārathān | prācchādayad ameyātmā nīhāreṇeva parvatān |
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—অপৰিমেয় অন্তঃশক্তিসম্পন্ন কুন্তীপুত্ৰে চাৰিওফালে বাণৰ জাল বিস্তাৰ কৰি সেই সকলো মহাৰথীক এনেদৰে আচ্ছাদিত কৰিলে, যেন কুঁৱলীয়ে পৰ্বত ঢাকি পেলায়।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power guided by control and skill is portrayed as superior to uncontrolled violence: the hero’s disciplined mastery can overwhelm many opponents efficiently, reflecting kṣatriya-dharma executed with steadiness of mind.
The son of Kuntī unleashes a dense, net-like shower of arrows from all directions, effectively blanketing the assembled great chariot-warriors, compared to mountains disappearing under thick mist.