Shloka 15
कर्णार्जुनयुद्ध-प्रवृत्तिः
Renewal of the Karṇa–Arjuna Engagement at Day’s End
विपताकं वियन्तारं विवर्मध्वजजीवितम् । त॑ कृत्वा द्विरदं भूय: सहदेवो5ज्रमभ्ययात्,इस प्रकार उस हाथीको पताका, महावत, कवच, ध्वज तथा प्राणोंसे हीन करके सहदेव पुनः अंगराजकी ओर बढ़े
vipatākaṁ viyantāraṁ vivarmadhvajajīvitam | taṁ kṛtvā dviradaṁ bhūyaḥ sahadevo 'ṅgarājam abhyayāt |
Sañjaya sprach: Nachdem er jenen Elefanten seines Banners, seines Treibers, seiner Rüstung, seines Feldzeichens und selbst seines Lebens beraubt hatte, rückte Sahadeva erneut gegen den König von Aṅga vor.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Within the frame of kṣatriya-dharma, the verse highlights focused, duty-bound decisiveness: remove the enemy’s capacity to fight (and its command-symbols like banner and standard) and then proceed to face the principal opponent, without hesitation or cruelty for its own sake.
Sañjaya reports that Sahadeva disables and kills a war-elephant—stripping it of banner, mahout, armor, and standard—thereby collapsing that fighting unit, and then advances again toward Aṅgarāja Karṇa to continue the confrontation.