Shloka 263
न विव्यथे महाबाहुर्भिद्यमान इवाचल: । इन समस्त तीखे बाणोंद्वारा चारों ओरसे विद्ध होनेपर भी महाधनुर्धर महाबाहु अर्जुन तनिक भी व्यथित नहीं हुए। ऐसा जान पड़ता था, मानो किसी पर्वतको बाणोंसे बींध दिया हो
na vivyathe mahābāhur bhidyamāna ivācalaḥ |
(iti sañjaya uvāca) |
サンジャヤは言った。剃刀のごとく鋭い矢が四方から降り注ぎ、全身を射貫かれても、大臂のアルジュナは微塵も動じなかった。矢に貫かれても揺るがぬ山のように、彼は不動のまま立っていた。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights steadfastness under adversity: a warrior grounded in discipline does not lose composure even when physically threatened. Ethically, it points to self-mastery and firmness in one’s duty (kṣatriya-dharma) without panic or collapse.
In the battle narrative, Arjuna is being struck from all sides by many sharp arrows, yet he remains unshaken. Sanjaya conveys this to Dhritarashtra using the simile of an immovable mountain being pierced.