Shloka 54
उसी वैरको याद करके यह अवश्य अपने वधके लिये ही तुमसे भिड़ना चाहता है। शत्रुसूदन! आकाशसे गिरती हुई प्रज्वलित उल्काके समान आते हुए इस सर्पको देखो ।।
sañjaya uvāca | tataḥ sa jiṣṇuḥ parivṛtya roṣāc ciccheda ṣaḍbhir ati-niśitaiḥ sudhāraiḥ | nāgaṃ viyad-tiryag ivotpatantaṃ sa chinna-gātro nipapāta bhūmau ||
Sañjaya said: Then Jiṣṇu (Arjuna), turning back in wrath, severed the serpent with six exceedingly sharp, well-honed arrows. The snake, springing sideways through the sky, fell to the earth with its limbs cut apart.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that actions driven by old enmity and vengeance can be met by swift, skillful resistance; it also shows the tension between righteous martial duty and the surge of anger in battle.
Sañjaya narrates that Arjuna, turning back in anger, strikes a serpent that is darting through the sky and cuts it apart with six sharp arrows, causing it to fall to the ground dismembered.