Shloka 60
अस्त्रयुद्धे द्रौणिपार्थसंघर्षः — Karṇa’s Bhārgavāstra and the Search for Yudhiṣṭhira
Chapter 45
एष शड्खगदापाणिवरवसुदेवो5$तिवीर्यवान् | वाहयन्नेति तुरगान् पाण्डुरान् वातरंहस:
eṣa śaṅkha-gadā-pāṇi-vara-vasudevo 'tivīryavān | vāhayann eti turagān pāṇḍurān vāta-raṁhasaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “Behold that supremely valiant Vāsudeva, holding conch and mace in his hands. He comes on, driving the pale (white) horses—swift as the wind.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral and psychological force of righteous leadership in war: Vāsudeva’s divine emblems (conch and mace) and his calm mastery as charioteer signify protection, order, and unwavering resolve—suggesting that power guided by higher purpose steadies and elevates those who fight under it.
Sañjaya points out Kṛṣṇa (Vāsudeva) advancing on the battlefield, conch and mace in hand, driving the white horses at wind-like speed—an image that signals the approach of a formidable, divinely supported chariot and heightens the tension of the combat scene.