Shloka 10
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 37: Sañjaya’s Account of Abhimanyu’s Precision Disruption of a Chariot Contingent
त एन॑ कोष्ठकीकृत्य रथवंशेन मारिष । व्यसृजन्निषुजालानि नानालिजड्रानि सड्घश:
te enaṁ koṣṭhakīkṛtya rathavaṁśena māriṣa | vyasṛjann iṣujālāni nānāliṅgadrāṇi saṅghaśaḥ ||
Sañjaya dit : «Ô seigneur vénérable, l’encerclant comme pour l’enfermer dans un compartiment, ils prirent la ligne des chars pour rempart et lancèrent, par salves, d’épaisses nappes de flèches, de maintes sortes et figures, en une succession serrée.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the impersonal momentum of war: coordinated formations and massed volleys can overwhelm an individual. Ethically, it underscores how collective strategy in battle can eclipse personal valor, reminding readers that warfare magnifies harm through organization and numbers.
Sañjaya reports that a group of warriors boxed in a particular fighter by forming a chariot line around him and then unleashed concentrated, varied volleys of arrows—an image of tactical encirclement followed by sustained missile attack.