Shloka 41
सेनावशेषं तं दृष्टवा तव सैन्यस्य पाण्डव:
senāvaśeṣaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā tava sainyasya pāṇḍavaḥ, viśrutaṃ triṣu lokeṣu vyākṣipad gāṇḍivaṃ dhanuḥ |
संजय बोले—नरेश्वर! आपकी सेना का जो कुछ भाग शेष रह गया था, उसे देखकर पाण्डुपुत्र सव्यसाची अर्जुन क्रोध से भर उठा। उसने त्रिलोकविख्यात गाण्डीव धनुष उठाया, उसकी टंकार की और आपकी रथसेना पर टूट पड़ा।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights decisive kṣatriya resolve: perceiving a turning point in battle, Arjuna acts without hesitation. Ethically, it reflects how action in war is framed as duty (dharma) when directed toward a larger righteous objective, even while it intensifies the violence of the moment.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna, seeing the Kaurava forces reduced to a remnant, takes up the famed Gāṇḍīva and advances forcefully against the remaining chariot troops, signaled by the bow’s resonant twang.