महावेगानू् प्रदीप्ताग्रान् मुमोचाधिरथि: शरान् | सूतपुत्रने गीधके पाँखवाले, शिलापर तेज किये, सुवर्णभूषित, महान् वेगशाली और प्रज्वलित अग्र-भागवाले बहुत-से बाण छोड़े
mahāvegān pradīptāgrān mumocādhirathiḥ śarān |
Sañjaya said: The great chariot-warrior (Karna) released many arrows, driven with tremendous speed and tipped with blazing points.
संजय उवाच
The verse underscores the Mahābhārata’s recurring tension: martial excellence and kṣatriya-duty can be executed with dazzling skill, yet such power, when deployed in a fractured moral landscape, heightens suffering and tests the boundaries of dharma.
Sañjaya describes a leading chariot-warrior unleashing a volley of extremely fast, sharp, and blazing-tipped arrows—an image of escalating combat intensity during the Drona Parva battles.