Shloka 19
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 45: Saubhadra–Lakṣmaṇa-saṃyoga and Kaurava Counter-Encirclement
सुवर्णपुड्खैरिषुभिननानालिड्लैः सुतेजनै: । अदृश्यमार्जुनिं चक्रु्निमेषात् ते नृूपात्मजा:,उन राजकुमारोंने सोनेके पंखवाले नाना प्रकारके चिह्लोंसे सुशोभित और पैने बाणोंद्वारा अर्जुनकुमार अभिमन्युको पलक मारते-मारते अदृश्य कर दिया
suvarṇapuḍkhair iṣubhir nānāliṅgaiḥ sutejanaiḥ | adṛśyam ārjunim cakrur nimeṣāt te nṛpātmajāḥ ||
Dengan anak panah tajam berkilau—berbulu emas dan bertanda beragam—para pangeran itu, dalam sekejap mata, membuat Abhimanyu, putra Arjuna, lenyap dari pandangan di tengah rapatnya pertempuran.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how coordinated force in war can eclipse individual prowess, sharpening the Mahābhārata’s ethical tension: martial skill and courage exist alongside the moral danger of many assailing one, where victory may come at the cost of fairness and dharmic restraint.
Sañjaya narrates that the princes shower Abhimanyu with sharp, golden-fletched, distinctly marked arrows so densely that, within a blink, he can no longer be seen—suggesting he is engulfed by missiles and the chaos of the battlefield.