Shloka 56
कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
दृष्टवा तु तं रथं युक्त कवची स शरासनी । बाणमादाय तं दिव्यं सोमविष्ण्वग्निसम्भवम्,उस रथको जुता हुआ देख भगवान् शंकर कवच और धनुषसे युक्त हो चन्द्रमा, विष्णु और अग्निसे प्रकट हुए उस दिव्य बाणको लेकर युद्धके लिये उद्यत हुए
dṛṣṭvā tu taṃ rathaṃ yuktaṃ kavacī sa śarāsanī | bāṇam ādāya taṃ divyaṃ somaviṣṇvagnisambhavam ||
Seeing that chariot fully harnessed, and beholding Śaṅkara (Śiva) armoured and bearing a bow, he took up that celestial arrow—said to have arisen from Soma, Viṣṇu, and Agni—readying himself for battle.
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how, in war, the turn toward divinely-sourced or extraordinary weapons intensifies the ethical stakes: power and preparedness increase, but so does the responsibility for how that power is used within the bounds of dharma.
Duryodhana describes a scene of immediate battle-readiness: a chariot is seen fully prepared, the warrior is armoured and holding a bow, and a celestial arrow—linked in origin to Soma, Viṣṇu, and Agni—is taken up for combat.