Shloka 55
अध्याय ६० — कर्णस्य पाञ्चाल-सोमक-निग्रहः
Karna’s Suppression of the Panchala–Somaka Forces
युधामन्यु: कृप॑ विद्ध्वा धनुरस्याशु चिच्छिदे । अथान्यद् धनुरादाय कृप: शस्त्रभृतां वर:
yudhāmanyuḥ kṛpaṁ viddhvā dhanur asyāśu cicchide | athānyad dhanur ādāya kṛpaḥ śastrabhṛtāṁ varaḥ |
संजय बोले—युधामन्यु ने कृपाचार्य को घायल करके तुरंत ही उनका धनुष काट दिया। तब शस्त्रधारियों में श्रेष्ठ कृपाचार्य ने दूसरा धनुष उठा लिया।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even within kṣatriya-dharma, victory depends not only on initial success but on steadiness, quick recovery, and protection of the chariot’s supports and emblems; the fall of banner, charioteer, and parasol marks a collapse of battlefield standing and compels withdrawal.
Yudhāmanyu wounds Kṛpa and cuts his bow; Kṛpa immediately takes another bow and counters effectively, bringing down Yudhāmanyu’s standard, charioteer, and parasol, after which Yudhāmanyu retreats in his chariot.