Shloka 656
द्रोणकर्णयोः निशि संप्रहारः — Night Engagement with Droṇa and Karṇa
सायकानां शतेनैव सर्वमर्मस्वताडयत् । उस समय महाबाहु अर्जुनने रणभूमिमें सौ बाणोंद्वारा, सूर्यपुत्र कर्णको उसके सम्पूर्ण मर्मस्थानोंमें चोट पहुँचायी
sāyakānāṁ śatenaiva sarva-marmasv atāḍayat |
संजय बोले—उस समय महाबाहु अर्जुन ने रणभूमि में सौ बाणों से सूर्यपुत्र कर्ण के समस्त मर्मस्थानों पर प्रहार किया।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the grave ethical tension of kṣatriya warfare: extraordinary skill and focus can be used to end a threat swiftly, yet such efficiency also intensifies the moral burden of violence within a kinship war.
Sañjaya reports that Arjuna, in the thick of battle, shoots a concentrated volley of one hundred arrows at Karṇa, striking his vital points—portraying a decisive, high-stakes exchange between two foremost warriors.