Shloka 12
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 94: Sātyaki–Sudarśana Yuddha (सात्यकि–सुदर्शन युद्ध)
अर्जुन: शरवर्ष तद् ब्रह्मास्त्रेणेव मारिष । प्रतिजग्राह तेजस्वी बाणैर्बाणान् निशातयन्,पूजनीय नरेश! उस समय अपने बाणोंद्वारा उनके बाणोंको काटते हुए तेजस्वी अर्जुनने भी ब्रह्मास्त्रद्वारा ही आचार्यकी उस बाण-वर्षाको रोका
sañjaya uvāca |
arjunaḥ śaravarṣaṃ tad brahmāstreṇeva māriṣa |
pratijagrāha tejasvī bāṇair bāṇān niśātayan ||
Sañjaya said: O venerable one, the radiant Arjuna received and checked that shower of arrows as though with the Brahmāstra itself, sharply cutting down arrow after arrow with his own shafts. In the heat of battle, he answers the teacher’s overwhelming assault not with panic or cruelty, but with disciplined mastery—meeting force with measured counter-force, mindful of the grave responsibility that attends the use of divine weapons.
संजय उवाच