Shloka 126
कर्णवधार्थं धनञ्जयस्य प्रतिज्ञा — Arjuna’s resolve for Karṇa’s defeat
निगृह्ा त॑ प्रचुक्कुशुर्वध्यमाना: शितै: शरै: । उन सबने मिलकर पाण्डुपुत्र अर्जुनके उस विशाल रथको घेर लिया। यद्यपि उनपर तीखे बाणोंकी मार पड़ रही थी, तो भी वे उस रथको पकड़कर जोर-जोरसे चिल्लाने लगे
sañjaya uvāca |
nigṛhya taṁ pracukkuśur vadhyamānāḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ |
Sañjaya said: Though they were being struck by sharp arrows, they seized hold of him and cried out loudly. United together, they surrounded that vast chariot of Arjuna, the son of Pāṇḍu; even under the cutting rain of shafts, they clung to the chariot and shouted with force—an image of desperate valor that, in the ethics of battle, shows how fear and resolve can drive warriors to collective action even when the cost is immediate suffering.
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