Shloka 43
अर्जुनस्य द्रोणिप्रतिघातः कर्णोपसर्पणं च
Arjuna Checks Droṇaputra; Karṇa Advances
अथावसज्नः स्वरथे मुहूर्तात् पुनरुत्थित: । स रणे युयुधानेन विसूताश्चरथध्वज:
athāvasajñaḥ svarathe muhūrtāt punarutthitaḥ | sa raṇe yuyudhānena visūtāś carathadhvajaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Having become momentarily dazed upon his own chariot, he rose again after a short while. In the midst of battle, his chariot’s driverless state and its banner marked, he continued to face Yuyudhāna—showing the grim ethic of war where even a brief lapse must be mastered and one must return to one’s duty in combat.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid chaos and injury, a warrior is expected to regain composure quickly and return to duty; the verse highlights resilience and the stern discipline demanded by battlefield dharma.
A combatant who had been briefly stunned on his own chariot recovers after a moment and continues the fight against Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki), with the detail that the chariot is ‘visūta’ (without its charioteer) yet still identifiable by its banner.