Shloka 34
कर्णवधार्थं धनञ्जयस्य प्रतिज्ञा — Arjuna’s resolve for Karṇa’s defeat
तां महास्त्रमयीं वृष्टिं संछिद्य शरवृष्टिभि:
tāṁ mahāstramayīṁ vṛṣṭiṁ saṁchिद्य śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ
Sañjaya sprach: Indem er jenen aus mächtigen Himmelswaffen gewirkten Waffenregen mit einem Pfeilregen zerschnitt, begegnete er ihm mit einem Gegenschauer von Pfeilen.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kṣatriya battlefield ethic of proportionate response and steadfastness: overwhelming force is met not with retreat but with disciplined counteraction, using skill (śaurya/kaushala) to neutralize destructive power.
Sañjaya reports a combat exchange in which a barrage described as a ‘shower made of great astras’ is broken up, as the warrior counters it by releasing dense volleys—‘a rain of arrows’—to cut through and disperse the incoming weapon-storm.