Shloka 2
यदि जानीथ तां शक्तिमेकघ्नीं सततं रणे । अनिवार्यामसहांं च देवैरपि सवासवै:
yadi jānītha tāṁ śaktim ekaghnīṁ satataṁ raṇe | anivāryām asahāṁ ca devair api savāsavaiḥ ||
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: If you know of that spear-weapon—ever deadly in battle, capable of slaying with a single strike, irresistible and unbearable even to the gods together with Indra—then tell me of it.
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the terrifying moral and strategic weight of extraordinary weapons: when force becomes ‘irresistible’ and ‘single-slaying,’ it intensifies fear, uncertainty, and the ethical burden of war, reminding the listener that power can exceed even divine resistance and thus demands grave discernment.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra questions his interlocutor about a famed spear-weapon (śakti) described as unfailingly lethal in battle—so overpowering that even the gods with Indra cannot withstand it—seeking clarity about its nature and implications amid the unfolding conflict.