Shloka 34
द्रोणकर्णयोः निशि संप्रहारः — Night Engagement with Droṇa and Karṇa
चिच्छेद निशितैर्बाणै: शूराणामनिवर्तिनाम्
ciccheda niśitair bāṇaiḥ śūrāṇām anivartinām
Sañjaya dit : De ses flèches acérées comme des rasoirs, il abattit les héros intraitables—des guerriers qui ne se détournaient pas—et brisa leur avance farouche, au sein de l’éthique implacable du combat où le courage et la destruction se tiennent côte à côte.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the battlefield ideal of steadfast courage (anivartin) while also showing how skill and force can abruptly end even the bravest advance—an ethical tension central to kṣatriya-dharma, where valor is honored yet violence is unavoidable.
Sañjaya reports that a combatant (implied by context) uses sharp arrows to cut down or disable the unretreating heroic fighters, checking their forward momentum in the ongoing battle of Droṇa Parva.