Shloka 433
प्रद्युम्नयुयुधानाभ्यामभिमन्योश्व॒ भारत । भारत! कृपाचार्य, अर्जुन, अश्वत्थामा, वैकर्तन, कर्ण, प्रद्युम्म, सात्यकि और अभिमन्युको छोड़कर और किसीके पास वैसे बाण नहीं थे
sañjaya uvāca | pradyumna-yuyudhānābhyām abhimanyos ca bhārata | bhārata! kṛpācārya-arjuna-aśvatthāmā-vaikartana-karṇa-pradyumna-sātyaki-abhimanyūn vihāya anyasya kasyacid api tādṛśāḥ śarā na āsan |
Sanjaya said: O Bharata, apart from Pradyumna, Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki), and Abhimanyu—and besides Kṛpācārya, Arjuna, Aśvatthāmā, Vaikartana (Karna), and Karna—no one else possessed arrows of such power. By this, the narrator marks a moral and martial hierarchy: in the chaos of war, only a few warriors combine skill, discipline, and resolve sufficient to wield extraordinary weapons without losing restraint.
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