Shloka 32
भीमसेन–कर्णयुद्धवर्णनम्
Description of the Bhīmasena–Karṇa Engagement
शितैरग्निशिखाकारैद्रौणिं विव्याध चाष्टभि: । इसके बाद भूरिश्रवाको तीन और शल्यको दस बाणोंसे बींधकर अग्निकी ज्वालाके समान आकारवाले आठ तीखे बाणोंद्वारा अश्वत्थामाको घायल कर दिया ।। गौतम॑ं पठ्चविंशत्या सैन्धवं च शतेन ह
śitair agniśikhākārair drauṇiṁ vivyādha cāṣṭabhiḥ |
Sañjaya dit : De huit flèches acérées, pareilles à des langues de feu, il perça le fils de Droṇa—Aśvatthāmā—et le blessa au cœur de la bataille.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in war, skill and anger can intensify into increasingly destructive retaliation; it implicitly invites reflection on dharma as restraint and responsibility, not merely victory through force.
Sañjaya narrates that a warrior strikes Aśvatthāman (Droṇa’s son) with eight sharp, flame-like arrows, injuring him amid the ongoing exchanges of missile warfare.