Shloka 108
स कीर्यमाणो विशिखै: कर्णचापच्युतै: शरै: । नागराडिव दुष्प्रेक्ष्यस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत,नागराजके समान घटोत्कचकी ओर देखना कठिन हो रहा था। वह कर्णके धनुषसे छूटे हुए शिखाहीन बाणोंद्वारा आच्छादित हो वहीं अन्तर्धान हो गया
sa kīryamāṇo viśikhaiḥ karṇacāpacyutaiḥ śaraiḥ | nāgarāḍ iva duṣprekṣyas tatraivāntaradhīyata ||
Sañjaya dit : Couvert par les flèches sans pointe décochées de l’arc de Karṇa, il devint difficile à regarder, tel le seigneur des serpents ; puis, là même sur le champ de bataille, il disparut aux yeux de tous.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how the violence of war can overwhelm the senses and make even great figures ‘unseeable’; it also suggests the fragility of visibility and certainty amid conflict, where power and illusion can abruptly alter what is perceived as real.
Sañjaya describes a warrior being completely covered by Karṇa’s headless arrows, becoming difficult to look at like a Nāga-king, and then disappearing on the spot—indicating a sudden vanishing from sight amid the missile-storm.