Shloka 7
सम्पूर्ण भूपाल पाण्डुनन्दन अर्जुनपर बाणसमूहोंकी वर्षा कर रहे थे, तो भी शत्रुवीरोंका संहार करनेवाले इन्द्रकुमार धर्मात्मा पार्थ तनिक भी व्यथित नहीं हुए ।। स तानि शरजालानि गदा: प्रासांश्व वीर्यवान् आगतानग्रसत् पार्थ: सरित: सागरो यथा
sañjaya uvāca | sampūrṇaṁ bhūpālāḥ pāṇḍunandanaṁ arjunaṁ prati bāṇasamūhānāṁ varṣāṁ kurvantaḥ, tathāpi śatruvīrāṇāṁ saṁhārakaro indrakuṁāro dharmātmā pārthaḥ tanikāṁ api vyathāṁ na jagāma || sa tāni śarajālāni gadāḥ prāsāṁś ca vīryavān āgatān agrasat pārthaḥ saritaḥ sāgaro yathā ||
Sañjaya said: Though the assembled kings poured down a rain of arrows upon Arjuna, the son of Pāṇḍu, the righteous Pārtha—Indra’s son, a destroyer of hostile champions—was not in the least shaken. That mighty warrior swallowed up those incoming nets of arrows, and the maces and spears as well, just as the ocean receives the rivers.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic steadiness under pressure: a righteous warrior does not lose composure amid overwhelming assault, but meets it with disciplined strength and inner firmness.
Many kings unleash a dense barrage of arrows at Arjuna; yet he remains untroubled and effectively neutralizes the incoming missiles and weapons, compared to the ocean calmly receiving rivers.