Shloka 54
तस्मादन्यद् योजय सव्यसाचि- ज्लिति स्मोक्तोड्योजयत् सव्यसाची । ततो दिश: प्रदिशश्चापि सर्वा: समावृणोत् सायकैर्भूरितेजा:
tasmād anyad yojaya savyasāci-jliti smoktoḍyojayat savyasācī | tato diśaḥ pradiśaś cāpi sarvāḥ samāvṛṇot sāyakair bhūritejāḥ ||
Sañjaya dit : «C’est pourquoi, ô Savyasācin, attelle un autre (moyen/arme) !» Ainsi pressé, Savyasācin en mit un autre en œuvre. Alors ce guerrier puissant et flamboyant couvrit toutes les directions et les quartiers intermédiaires d’une pluie serrée de flèches—une montée en puissance destinée à répondre à la puissance, selon la sombre éthique de la nécessité du champ de bataille.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Within the Mahābhārata’s war-ethic, the verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma: when confronted with grave danger, a warrior may intensify his means to protect his side and restore tactical balance. The moral tension is not celebration of violence, but the duty-bound response under battlefield necessity.
Sañjaya narrates that Arjuna (Savyasācin), prompted to employ another measure/weapon, deploys it and unleashes such a torrent of arrows that all directions and intermediate quarters appear covered—signaling a decisive surge in his offensive.