Shloka 3
धृष्टद्युम्न पहले द्रोणाचार्यके साथ उलझे हुए थे, दुःशासनके बाणोंसे पीड़ित होकर उन्होंने आपके पुत्रके घोड़ोंपर रोषपूर्वक बाणोंकी वर्षा आरम्भ कर दी ।। क्षणेन स रथस्तस्य सध्वज: सहसारथि: । नादृश्यत महाराज पार्षतस्य शरैश्वित:,महाराज! एक ही क्षणमें धृष्टद्युम्नके बाणोंका ऐसा ढेर लग गया कि दुःशासनका रथ ध्वजा और सारथिसहित अदृश्य हो गया
kṣaṇena sa rathas tasya sadhvajaḥ sahasārathiḥ | nādṛśyata mahārāja pārṣatasya śaraiś citaiḥ ||
Sañjaya said: O King, in a single moment Duhśāsana’s chariot—together with its banner and charioteer—could no longer be seen, so completely was it covered by the dense shower of arrows released by Dhṛṣṭadyumna, the son of Pṛṣata. The scene underscores how, in the fury of battle, skill and wrath can swiftly overwhelm even a well-equipped warrior, turning the field into a contest of endurance, restraint, and the consequences of aggression.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how quickly violence escalates in war: anger and skill can produce overwhelming force, but such dominance is ethically ambiguous—power used in wrath intensifies suffering and reflects the peril of losing restraint (saṃyama) even amid kṣatriya duty.
Sañjaya reports that Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s rapid, dense arrow-shower becomes so thick that Duhśāsana’s chariot—along with its banner and charioteer—disappears from view, as if buried under arrows.