Shloka 114
Vāsudeva-Māhātmya: Duryodhana’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Theological Account of Keśava
तेनोत्तमास्त्रेण ततो महात्मा सर्वाण्यनीकानि महाथनुष्मान् | शरौघजालैरविंमलाग्निवर्ण- निवारयामास किरीटमाली
tenottamāstreṇa tato mahātmā sarvāṇy anīkāni mahādhanuṣmān | śaraughajālair avimalāgnivarṇa-nivārayāmāsa kirīṭamālī ||
Alors le grand d’âme, l’archer puissant—Arjuna, ceint du diadème—au moyen de cette arme suprême déploya un déluge de flèches comme un filet, pures et flamboyantes comme le feu, et arrêta ainsi l’avance de toutes les formations des Kaurava.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined power in dharmic warfare: a warrior may employ superior skill and weapons to restrain and halt unjust advance, emphasizing control and protection rather than uncontrolled destruction.
Sañjaya reports that Arjuna, the diadem-wearing great archer, uses a supreme weapon to unleash a blazing, net-like shower of arrows that blocks the Kaurava formations and prevents them from moving forward.