Shloka 10
अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः
Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle
युगपत् पेततुर्वीरे घोरौ परिघमार्गणीौ
yugapat petatur vīre ghorau parighamārgaṇī
Sanjaya said: At the same moment, the two dreadful weapons—the iron club and the missile—fell upon the hero, marking the grim immediacy of war where violent instruments strike together and fate turns in an instant.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the harsh simultaneity of battlefield consequences: in war, destructive forces can converge at once, reminding readers of the grave ethical weight of violence and the precariousness of life even for the brave.
Sañjaya reports that two fearsome weapons—a heavy iron club and a missile—strike/fall simultaneously upon a hero, intensifying the scene’s urgency and danger.