Shloka 16
Chapter 51: Saṃdhyākāla-saṃhāra
Evening Withdrawal after Arjuna’s Counter-Advance
तस्य लाघवमार्गस्थमलातसदृश प्र भम् । दिश: पर्यपतच्चापं गाण्डीवमिव घोषवत्,अभिमन्युका धनुष गाण्डीवके समान टंकारथध्वनि प्रकट करनेवाला, हाथोंकी फुर्ती दिखानेका उपयुक्त स्थान और खींचे जानेपर अलातचक्रके समान मण्डलाकार प्रकाशित होनेवाला था। वह वहाँ सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंमें घूम रहा था
tasya lāghavamārgastham alātacakrasadṛśaprabham | diśaḥ paryapatac cāpaṃ gāṇḍīvam iva ghoṣavat ||
サンジャヤは言った。彼の弓は、手の素早い軌道に乗って動き、回転する火の棒が光の輪を描くように輝いた。ガーンディーヴァのごとく轟き、周囲を掃き巡って、あたかも四方八方を駆けるかに見えた――戦場の正しき憤怒の中で、鍛え上げられた武芸が解き放たれた姿である。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined skill and focused energy in battle: agility guided by training turns a weapon into an all-encompassing force, suggesting that power in war is ethically weighty and must be governed by kṣatriya-dharma rather than mere rage.
Sañjaya describes a warrior’s bow being whirled and drawn so swiftly that it appears as a circular blaze like a spinning firebrand, and it roars like Gāṇḍīva, seeming to sweep across all directions as the fighting intensifies.