Shloka 45
प्रासैश्न तोमरैश्वैव कुन्तैर्यष्टि भिरेव च । शतघध्नीभिर्भूशुण्डीभि: खड्गै: परशुभिस्तथा
prāsaiś ca tomaraiś caiva kuntair yaṣṭibhir eva ca | śataghnībhiḥ bhūśuṇḍībhiḥ khaḍgaiḥ paraśubhis tathā ||
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: “With spears and javelins; with lances and staves as well; with heavy maces (śataghadhnī) and bhūśuṇḍī missiles; and also with swords and axes.”
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as a stark catalogue of weapons, highlighting how warfare multiplies instruments of harm. In dharmic reflection, it warns that when conflict dominates, human ingenuity is diverted from protection and order toward ever more efficient destruction.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa describes (or recounts) the battle’s ferocity by listing the various weapons being used—spears, javelins, lances, staves, heavy weapons, swords, and axes—conveying the intensity and all-sided nature of the fighting in the Drona Parva.