Shloka 9
अन्धकार-रजःसंमूढे रणाङ्गणे प्रदीपप्रकाशः | Illumination of the Army in Darkness and Dust
इषुश्नि: कार्मुकं चास्य चकर्त पुरुषर्षभ: । तत् पपात महाराज स्वार्णपृष्ठं महास्वनम्,महाराज! पुरुषशिरोमणि भीमने अपने बाणोंद्वारा कर्णका धनुष भी फिर काट दिया। स्वर्णमय पृष्ठभागसे युक्त और गम्भीर टंकार करनेवाला उसका वह धनुष पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़ा
iṣuśniḥ kārmukaṃ cāsya cakarta puruṣarṣabhaḥ | tat papāta mahārāja svārṇapṛṣṭhaṃ mahāsvanam ||
Sañjaya said: The bull among men (Bhīma), with his arrows, cut down Karṇa’s bow as well. O King, that bow—gold-backed and resonant with a deep twang—fell to the earth. The moment underscores how, in the brutal ethics of battlefield duty, even a famed warrior’s power is reduced when his weapon is shattered, and momentum shifts through skill and force rather than words.
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