Shloka 22
तस्य तद् भाषितं श्रुत्वा त्वरमाणो धनंजय: । वायव्यास्त्रेण तैरस्तां शरवृष्टिमपाहरत्,श्रीकृष्णका वह वचन सुनकर अर्जुनने बड़ी उतावलीके साथ वाययव्यास्त्रका प्रयोग करके शत्रुओंद्वारा की हुई उस बाण-वर्षाको नष्ट कर दिया
tasya tad bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā tvaramāṇo dhanaṃjayaḥ | vāyavyāstreṇa tair astāṃ śaravṛṣṭim apāharat ||
Sañjaya said: Hearing those words, Dhanañjaya (Arjuna), acting with urgent resolve, employed the Vāyavya weapon and swept away the shower of arrows that the foes had unleashed. In the ethical frame of the epic, this is disciplined, proportionate counter-force—skill used to neutralize harm rather than to indulge in rage.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid war, right action emphasizes restraint and appropriateness: one should counter violence with measured skill aimed at removing danger, not with uncontrolled retaliation.
After hearing a statement (contextually, a prompt or report), Arjuna quickly responds to an enemy barrage by invoking the Vāyavya weapon, which disperses the incoming rain of arrows.