Shloka 30
Arjuna’s Concentrated Archery and the Rout of the Kaurava Mahārathas
Gāṇḍīva-Nirghoṣa Episode
स तदप्यस्य कौन्तेयश्चिच्छेद नतपर्वणा । एवमन्यानि चापानि बहूनि कृतहस्तवत् | शारद्वतस्य चिच्छेद पाण्डव: परवीरहा
sa tad apy asya kaunteyaś ciccheda nataparvaṇā | evam anyāni cāpāni bahūni kṛtahastavat | śāradvatasya ciccheda pāṇḍavaḥ paravīrahā ||
কিন্তু কুন্তীনন্দন সেই ধনুকটিও বাঁকা গাঁটযুক্ত বাণে কেটে দিলেন। এভাবেই পরবীরহা পাণ্ডব শারদ্বত (কৃপ)-এর আরও বহু ধনুক দক্ষ ধনুর্ধরের মতো হাতের ক্ষিপ্রতা দেখিয়ে ভেঙে চুরমার করে দিলেন।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined, precise action in conflict: a warrior’s excellence lies in controlled skill that disables harm (cutting bows) rather than uncontrolled slaughter—an ethical ideal of restraint and mastery within dharma-yuddha.
Arjuna (Kaunteya), in the Virāṭa episode’s combat, severs Kṛpācārya’s bow with a specialized arrow and then breaks many of Kṛpa’s other bows as well, demonstrating superior speed and technique and reducing the opponent’s ability to fight.