Mahabharata — Drona Parva, Shloka 376
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 107: Karṇa–Bhīma Saṃmarda
Arrow-storm Engagement
अदृश्यं समरे चक्र: सायकौचै: समन्तत: । तब उन सभी पुरुषसिंह महारथियोंने भी समरांगणमें सब ओरसे बाणसमूहोंकी वर्षा करके अर्जुनको अदृश्य कर दिया
sañjaya uvāca |
adṛśyaṃ samare cakruḥ sāyakaughaiḥ samantataḥ |
Dijo Sañjaya: En pleno combate, lo volvieron invisible por todos lados con densas masas de flechas. Aquellos grandes guerreros de carro, leoninos, al descargar andanadas por todo el campo de batalla, cubrieron a Arjuna de tal modo que ya no podía verse: imagen de cómo la destreza marcial puede eclipsar por un instante incluso al héroe más excelso en la furia de la guerra.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in war, sheer force and coordinated aggression can overwhelm perception and visibility itself; it implicitly cautions that battlefield success often depends on collective tactics and intensity, not only individual fame—raising ethical awareness of war’s engulfing, dehumanizing momentum.
Sanjaya reports that multiple great chariot-warriors unleash a surrounding rain of arrows, creating such a dense barrage that Arjuna becomes hidden from view on the battlefield.