Shloka 6
कर्णस्य सेनापत्यं, माकरव्यूहः, पाण्डवानामर्धचन्द्रव्यूहः
Karna’s Command; Mākara Formation; Pandava Crescent Counter-Array
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत कर्णपर्वमें संजय-वाक्यविषयक छठा अध्याय पूरा हुआ,संजय उवाच यस्मिन् महास्त्राणि समर्पितानि चित्राणि शुभ्राणि चतुर्विधानि । दिव्यानि राजन विहितानि चैव द्रोणेन वीरे द्विजसत्तमेन
sañjaya uvāca
yasmin mahāstrāṇi samarpitāni citrāṇi śubhrāṇi caturvidhāni |
divyāni rājan vihitāni caiva droṇena vīre dvijasattamena ||
Sañjaya dit : «Ô Roi, en cette section furent exposées les grandes armes—bigarrées et éclatantes—de quatre sortes ; oui, de nature divine, dûment ordonnées et enseignées par Droṇa, le héros, le plus éminent des brahmanes.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the disciplined transmission of power: even divine weaponry is to be conferred and organized through proper instruction and rule (vihita), underscoring the ethical weight of martial knowledge and the authority of the guru in regulating it.
Sanjaya, reporting to the king, indicates that this section concerns the bestowal/description of mighty and divine weapons—fourfold in type—associated with Drona’s role as the foremost Brahmin-warrior teacher who arranged and imparted them to a heroic warrior.