Shloka 2
भीमसेनस्य वेगाभिपातः—विशोकसारथिसंवादश्च
Bhīma’s surge and dialogue with charioteer Viśoka
किरन्निषुगणान् घोरान् स्वर्णपुड्खाज्शिलाशितान् । दर्शयन् विविधान् मार्गान् शिक्षाश्व॒ लघुहस्तवत्
sañjaya uvāca | kirann iṣugaṇān ghorān svarṇapuṅkhān śilāśitān | darśayan vividhān mārgān śikṣāś ca laghuhastavat |
वह स्वर्णपंखों से युक्त, सान पर चढ़े हुए भयंकर बाणसमूहों की वर्षा करता, और शीघ्र-हस्त योद्धा की भाँति नाना प्रकार की गतियाँ तथा अपनी शिक्षा-कौशल का प्रदर्शन करता था।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how disciplined training (śikṣā) and technical mastery can make violence extraordinarily effective; ethically, it underscores the Mahābhārata’s tension between prowess and restraint—skill in war is admired, yet its consequences (overwhelming force that ‘fills the sky’) invite reflection on responsible use of power within kṣatriya-dharma.
Sañjaya describes a warrior unleashing terrifying volleys of expertly prepared arrows, demonstrating varied firing paths and refined technique, and using divinely empowered missiles to check/hem in Yudhiṣṭhira, saturating the battlefield sky with arrows.