Shloka 96
'पार्थ! दूसरा कोई उत्तम अस्त्र छोड़ो। राधापुत्र कर्ण तुम्हारे बाणोंको नष्ट करता जा रहा है।” तब अर्जुनने अत्यन्त भयंकर ब्रह्मास्त्रको अभिमन्त्रित करके धनुषपर रखा ।।
chādayitvā tato bāṇaiḥ karṇaṃ pratyasyad arjunaḥ | tataḥ karṇaḥ śitair bāṇair jyāṃ ciccheda sutejanaiḥ ||
Sañjaya narrates: “Pārtha! Release another excellent weapon. Rādhā’s son Karṇa is destroying your arrows.” Then Arjuna, having empowered the exceedingly dreadful Brahmāstra with incantations, set it upon his bow. After covering Karṇa with a dense shower of arrows, Arjuna pressed the attack; Karṇa answered with razor-sharp, lightning-swift shafts and cut Arjuna’s bowstring.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid violent conflict, the Mahābhārata frames action within dharma: prowess must be joined to discipline, and victory pursued without abandoning the warrior’s code and responsibility.
Arjuna showers Karṇa with arrows to overwhelm him; Karṇa counters with sharp, fast arrows and severs Arjuna’s bowstring, demonstrating tactical superiority in that moment.