Shloka 15
कर्णार्जुनयुद्ध-प्रवृत्तिः
Renewal of the Karṇa–Arjuna Engagement at Day’s End
विपताकं वियन्तारं विवर्मध्वजजीवितम् । त॑ कृत्वा द्विरदं भूय: सहदेवो5ज्रमभ्ययात्,इस प्रकार उस हाथीको पताका, महावत, कवच, ध्वज तथा प्राणोंसे हीन करके सहदेव पुनः अंगराजकी ओर बढ़े
vipatākaṁ viyantāraṁ vivarmadhvajajīvitam | taṁ kṛtvā dviradaṁ bhūyaḥ sahadevo 'ṅgarājam abhyayāt |
Sañjaya dit : Après avoir privé cet éléphant de sa bannière, de son cornac, de son armure, de son étendard, et même de la vie, Sahadeva s’avança de nouveau vers le roi d’Aṅga.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Within the frame of kṣatriya-dharma, the verse highlights focused, duty-bound decisiveness: remove the enemy’s capacity to fight (and its command-symbols like banner and standard) and then proceed to face the principal opponent, without hesitation or cruelty for its own sake.
Sañjaya reports that Sahadeva disables and kills a war-elephant—stripping it of banner, mahout, armor, and standard—thereby collapsing that fighting unit, and then advances again toward Aṅgarāja Karṇa to continue the confrontation.