Shloka 33
कर्णवधार्थं धनञ्जयस्य प्रतिज्ञा — Arjuna’s resolve for Karṇa’s defeat
विप्रमुक्तास्तु ते योधा: फाल्गुनस्य रथं प्रति । ससृजुर्बाणसंघांश्व॒ शस्त्रसंघांश्व॒ मारिष
vipramuktās tu te yodhāḥ phālgunasya rathaṃ prati | sasṛjur bāṇasaṅghāṃś ca śastrasaṅghāṃś ca māriṣa ||
Sañjaya dijo: Aquellos guerreros, ya libres para actuar, arrojaron densas andanadas de flechas y masas de armas hacia el carro de Phālguna (Arjuna), apremiando la batalla con ímpetu implacable.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the momentum of warfare: when restraint falls away, combatants intensify violence through concentrated volleys. Ethically, it points to how collective aggression escalates suffering, even when framed as kṣatriya conduct.
Sañjaya reports that the opposing warriors direct heavy barrages—arrows and other weapons—toward Arjuna’s chariot, attempting to overwhelm him by massed missile attack.