Shloka 3536
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 155 — Ghaṭotkaca-nidhana-śoka and Karṇa-śakti-vyaya
Kṛṣṇa’s strategic reassurance
मर्म भित्त्वा तु ते सर्वे संलग्ना: क्षितिमाविशन् | साथ ही, उन्होंने अच्छी तरह चलाये हुए दस पैने बाणोंसे दुर्योधनको भी घायल कर दिया। वे सारे बाण दुर्योधनके मर्मस्थानोंमें लगकर उन्हें विदीर्ण करते हुए पृथ्वीमें समा गये
marma bhittvā tu te sarve saṁlagnāḥ kṣitim āviśan |
Sañjaya said: Having pierced his vital points, all those arrows—embedded firmly—passed on and sank into the earth. The scene underscores the ruthless precision of battle: skill and force are directed not merely to strike, but to disable by targeting the body’s most vulnerable seats of life, revealing how war turns mastery into lethal intent.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the grim ethical tension of war: extraordinary skill, when yoked to hostility, becomes a means of targeting life itself (marma). It implicitly warns that martial excellence is morally ambivalent—its value depends on the dharmic context and restraint of its use.
Sañjaya describes arrows that have struck and pierced vital points; after lodging in the body, they continue onward and sink into the ground. It is a vivid battlefield image emphasizing the force and accuracy of the attack.