Shloka 35
Arjuna’s Concentrated Archery and the Rout of the Kaurava Mahārathas
Gāṇḍīva-Nirghoṣa Episode
ततः पार्थो महातेजा विशिखानग्नितेजस: । चिक्षेप समरे क्रुद्धस्त्रयोदश शिलाशितान्
tataḥ pārtho mahātejā viśikhān agnitejasaḥ | cikṣepa samare kruddhas trayodaśa śilāśitān ||
এরপর মহাতেজস্বী পার্থ ক্রুদ্ধ হয়ে সমরে পাথরে ঘষে ধার করা, অগ্নিসম দীপ্ত তেরোটি বাণ নিক্ষেপ করলেন।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid anger, a kṣatriya’s action is expected to remain skillful, deliberate, and aligned with the discipline of righteous combat; power is shown through controlled mastery rather than chaos.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Arjuna, enraged in the midst of battle, releases thirteen fire-bright arrows whose tips have been sharpened on stone, signaling an escalation in the fight through superior archery.