Shloka 95
द्विसाहस्रान् समरे सव्यसाची कुरुप्रवीरानृषभ: कुरूणाम् | क्षणेन सर्वान् सरथाश्वसूतान् निनाय राजन् क्षयमेकवीर:,नरेश्वर! कुरुकुलके श्रेष्ठ पुरुष अद्वितीय वीर शत्रुनाशक सव्यसाची अर्जुनने कर्णके चक्ररक्षक, पादरक्षक, अग्रगामी और पृष्ठरक्षक सभी कौरवदलके सारभूत प्रमुख वीरोंको, जो दुर्योधनकी आज्ञाके अनुसार चलनेवाले युद्धके लिये सदा उद्यत रहनेवाले थे तथा जिनकी संख्या दो हजार थी, एक ही क्षणमें रथ, घोड़ों और सारथियोंसहित कालके गालमें भेज दिया
sañjaya uvāca |
dvisāhasrān samare savyasācī kurupravīrān ṛṣabhaḥ kurūṇām |
kṣaṇena sarvān sarathāśvasūtān nināya rājan kṣayam ekavīraḥ ||
Sañjaya said: O King, Arjuna—Savyasācī, the unrivalled hero and foremost bull among the Kurus—drove to destruction in a single moment two thousand eminent Kuru warriors on the battlefield, sending them, together with their chariots, horses, and charioteers, to their end.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the overwhelming, instantaneous destructiveness of war and the immense responsibility borne by a warrior acting under kṣatriya-dharma: a single act of prowess can annihilate multitudes, making the ethical burden of battlefield duty stark and unavoidable.
Sañjaya reports to the king that Arjuna (Savyasācī) single-handedly destroys two thousand leading Kuru fighters in a moment, killing them along with their chariots, horses, and charioteers—emphasizing Arjuna’s battlefield dominance at this point in the Karṇa Parva.