Shloka 28
अथापरे शरैरविंद्धा क्ष॒क्रवेगेरितास्तथा । वेलामिव समासाद्य व्यतिष्ठचन्नमितौजस:,फिर दूसरे-दूसरे अमित तेजस्वी दैत्य-दानव बाणोंसे घायल और चक्रवेगसे कम्पित हो तटपर आकर रुक जानेवाली समुद्रकी लहरोंके समान एक सीमातक ही ठहर गये--आगे न बढ़ सके
athāpare śarair avinddhāḥ śakravegeritās tathā | velām iva samāsādya vyatiṣṭhacan namitaujasaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Others too—pierced by arrows and shaken by the force of the discus’ rush—came up to the boundary like ocean-waves striking the shore, and there they halted. Their might was bent; they could not press forward any farther.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power and aggression meet natural limits: when confronted by superior force (here, weapons), even the mighty are checked and must stop—an image that underscores restraint and the inevitability of boundaries in conflict.
A group of opponents, wounded by arrows and shaken by the rush of a discus, advance only up to a limit and then halt—likened to waves that surge to the shore but cannot go beyond it.