Shloka 10
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 37: Sañjaya’s Account of Abhimanyu’s Precision Disruption of a Chariot Contingent
त एन॑ कोष्ठकीकृत्य रथवंशेन मारिष । व्यसृजन्निषुजालानि नानालिजड्रानि सड्घश:
te enaṁ koṣṭhakīkṛtya rathavaṁśena māriṣa | vyasṛjann iṣujālāni nānāliṅgadrāṇi saṅghaśaḥ ||
Sañjaya berkata: “Wahai tuan, mereka mengepungnya seakan mengurungnya dalam sebuah petak; dengan barisan kereta sebagai penghalang, mereka melepaskan jala-jala anak panah yang rapat, beraneka ragam, bergelombang dalam rentetan yang bertubi-tubi.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the impersonal momentum of war: coordinated formations and massed volleys can overwhelm an individual. Ethically, it underscores how collective strategy in battle can eclipse personal valor, reminding readers that warfare magnifies harm through organization and numbers.
Sañjaya reports that a group of warriors boxed in a particular fighter by forming a chariot line around him and then unleashed concentrated, varied volleys of arrows—an image of tactical encirclement followed by sustained missile attack.