Shloka 26
और्वोपाख्यानम्
Aurva Episode: Restoration of Sight and Restraint of World-Destructive Anger
उल्मुकं भ्रामयंस्तूर्ण पाण्डवश्नर्म चोत्तरम् । व्यपोहत शरांस्तस्य स्वानिव धनंजय:,यह देख पाण्डुनन्दन धनंजयने तुरंत ही मशाल घुमाकर और उत्तम ढालसे रोककर उसके सभी बाण व्यर्थ कर दिये
ulmukaṃ bhrāmayaṃs tūrṇaṃ pāṇḍavaśarma cottaram | vyapohata śarāṃs tasya svān iva dhanaṃjayaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Al verlo, Dhanaṃjaya (Arjuna), el noble hijo de Pāṇḍu, giró con presteza una antorcha encendida y, con un escudo excelente, desvió todas las flechas del adversario, volviéndolas inútiles.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined restraint and protective skill in conflict: true prowess is shown by preventing harm—calmly neutralizing incoming danger—rather than by uncontrolled aggression.
Arjuna (Dhanaṃjaya) rapidly whirls a firebrand and uses an excellent shield to repel an opponent’s volley of arrows, making them ineffective.