Shloka 22
द्रोणस्य सुपर्णव्यूहः — युधिष्ठिरप्रत्यव्यूहः
Droṇa’s Suparṇa Formation and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Counter-array
तस्य तद् भाषितं श्रुत्वा त्वरमाणो धनंजय: । वायव्यास्त्रेण तैरस्तां शरवृष्टिमपाहरत्,श्रीकृष्णका वह वचन सुनकर अर्जुनने बड़ी उतावलीके साथ वाययव्यास्त्रका प्रयोग करके शत्रुओंद्वारा की हुई उस बाण-वर्षाको नष्ट कर दिया
tasya tad bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā tvaramāṇo dhanaṃjayaḥ | vāyavyāstreṇa tair astāṃ śaravṛṣṭim apāharat ||
Sañjaya said: Hearing those words, Dhanañjaya (Arjuna), acting with urgent resolve, employed the Vāyavya weapon and swept away the shower of arrows that the foes had unleashed.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid war, right action emphasizes restraint and appropriateness: one should counter violence with measured skill aimed at removing danger, not with uncontrolled retaliation.
After hearing a statement (contextually, a prompt or report), Arjuna quickly responds to an enemy barrage by invoking the Vāyavya weapon, which disperses the incoming rain of arrows.