Shloka 95
द्विसाहस्रान् समरे सव्यसाची कुरुप्रवीरानृषभ: कुरूणाम् | क्षणेन सर्वान् सरथाश्वसूतान् निनाय राजन् क्षयमेकवीर:
sañjaya uvāca |
dvisāhasrān samare savyasācī kurupravīrān ṛṣabhaḥ kurūṇām |
kṣaṇena sarvān sarathāśvasūtān nināya rājan kṣayam ekavīraḥ ||
Sañjaya dit : Ô Roi, Arjuna—Savyasācī, héros sans rival et « taureau » le plus éminent parmi les Kurus—poussa à la destruction, en un seul instant, deux mille guerriers kuru de renom sur le champ de bataille, les envoyant—avec leurs chars, leurs chevaux et leurs cochers—à leur terme.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the overwhelming, instantaneous destructiveness of war and the immense responsibility borne by a warrior acting under kṣatriya-dharma: a single act of prowess can annihilate multitudes, making the ethical burden of battlefield duty stark and unavoidable.
Sañjaya reports to the king that Arjuna (Savyasācī) single-handedly destroys two thousand leading Kuru fighters in a moment, killing them along with their chariots, horses, and charioteers—emphasizing Arjuna’s battlefield dominance at this point in the Karṇa Parva.