Shloka 77
स मार्गणगणै: कर्णो दिश: प्रच्छाद्य सर्वश:
sa mārgaṇagaṇaiḥ karṇo diśaḥ pracchādya sarvaśaḥ
Sañjaya dit : Karṇa, par des volées de flèches en grappes serrées, couvrit de toutes parts toutes les directions — démonstration écrasante de puissance guerrière, qui épaissit la nuit morale du champ de bataille, où prouesse et fureur étouffent la retenue.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how unchecked martial power can overwhelm the world around it; in the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, such dominance is not automatically righteous—its moral value depends on intention, restraint, and alignment with dharma.
Sañjaya reports that Karṇa unleashes such a dense shower of arrows that it seems to cover all directions, signaling a fierce surge in the combat and the battlefield’s intensifying peril.