Shloka 30
व्याकुलीकृतमत्यर्थ परसैन्यं किरीटिना । नानामृगसहस््राणां यूथं केसरिणां यथा
vyākulīkṛtam atyarthaṁ parasainyaṁ kirīṭinā | nānāmṛga-sahasrāṇāṁ yūthaṁ kesariṇāṁ yathā ||
Arjuna, der Diademträger, hat das feindliche Heer in äußerste Verwirrung gestürzt — wie ein Löwe eine Herde von Tausenden Hirschen verschiedenster Art in Panik versetzt.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how steadfast valor and focused purpose can morally and psychologically dominate a battlefield: a disciplined champion can break the cohesion of a larger opposing force, just as a lion’s presence scatters a herd.
In the Karṇa Parva battle sequence, Arjuna’s assault is described as causing severe disarray in the opposing army; the poet intensifies the scene through a vivid simile comparing the enemy host to a herd of deer and Arjuna’s impact to that of a lion.