Shloka 85
Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु त्वरमाणं महारथा: । विव्यधु: सायकैर्गाढं कृतवर्माणमाहवे,इसी समय पाण्डव महारथियोंने युद्धमें जल्दी-जल्दी हाथ चलानेवाले कृतवर्माको अपने बाणोंद्वारा भारी चोट पहुँचायी
etasminn eva kāle tu tvaramāṇaṁ mahārathāḥ | vivyadhuḥ sāyakair gāḍhaṁ kṛtavarmāṇam āhave ||
Sañjaya said: At that very moment, the Pāṇḍava great chariot-warriors, seeing Kṛtavarmā pressing the fight with swift, relentless action, struck him hard in the battle with volleys of arrows. The scene underscores the harsh reciprocity of war: speed and aggression invite an equally forceful response, as each side seeks to check the other’s momentum on the field.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral and practical reality of warfare: aggressive momentum in battle is met with counter-force. It reflects the kṣatriya arena where duty, strategy, and consequence intertwine—swift action provokes swift resistance, and violence tends to escalate through reciprocal retaliation.
Sañjaya reports that, at that moment in the fighting, the Pāṇḍava elite chariot-warriors concentrate their attack on Kṛtavarmā, who is fighting rapidly, and they wound him severely with many arrows on the battlefield.