Shloka 653
कृष्णोपदेशः, अर्जुनस्य क्षमा-याचनम्, कर्णवध-अनुज्ञा
Krishna’s Counsel, Arjuna’s Apology, and Authorization for Karṇa’s Slaying
क्रौज्चपृष्ठारुणं रौद्रं बाणजालं व्यदृश्यत । राजेन्द्र! उन दोनोंने आकाशमें बाणोंका भयंकर जाल-सा बिछा दिया, जो क्रौंच पक्षीके पृष्ठभागके समान लाल और भयानक दिखायी देता था
sañjaya uvāca | krauñcapṛṣṭhāruṇaṃ raudraṃ bāṇajālaṃ vyadṛśyata | rājendra! tau dvābhyām ākāśe bāṇānāṃ bhayaṅkaraṃ jālam iva vitatam, yat krauñcapakṣiṇaḥ pṛṣṭhabhāgasadṛśaṃ lohitaṃ raudraṃ ca dṛśyate sma |
Sanjaya said: O king, there appeared a fierce net of arrows—reddish like the back of a krauñca bird. Those two warriors spread in the sky a dreadful mesh of shafts, so dense and ominous that it seemed to cover the very air, intensifying the terror and momentum of the battle.
संजय उवाच