Shloka 96
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 107: Karṇa–Bhīma Saṃmarda
Arrow-storm Engagement
त्रासयामास तत् सैन्यं ध्वजो गाण्डीवधन्चन: । राजन! श्रेष्ठ वानरसे सुशोभित तथा पताकाओंसे अलंकृत गाण्डीवधारी अर्जुनका वह ध्वज आपकी उस सेनाको भयभीत किये देता था
trāsayāmāsa tat sainyaṁ dhvajo gāṇḍīvadhanvanaḥ | rājan śreṣṭha-vānarena suśobhitaḥ tathā patākābhiḥ alaṅkṛtaḥ gāṇḍīvadhārī arjunasya sa dhvajaḥ tava senāṁ bhayabhītām akarot ||
Sañjaya said: O King, the banner of Arjuna—he who bears the Gāṇḍīva—adorned with the excellent monkey emblem and embellished with streamers, struck terror into that army. In the moral atmosphere of the war, this is not mere display: the standard becomes a visible sign of resolve and prowess, unsettling opponents and shaping the battlefield’s ethical tension between duty and destruction.
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