Shloka 326
भीमसेन–कर्णयुद्धवर्णनम्
Description of the Bhīmasena–Karṇa Engagement
पुनर्द्रर्णि च सप्तत्या शराणां सो5भ्यताडयत् । तत्पश्चात् कृपाचार्यको पचीस, जयद्रथको सौ तथा अभश्वत्थामाको पुनः उन्होंने सत्तर बाण मारे
punar droṇiṃ ca saptatyā śarāṇāṃ so 'bhyatāḍayat | tatpaścāt kṛpācāryaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā jayadrathaṃ ca ṣaṣṭyā tathā aśvatthāmānam punaḥ ||
サञ्जャヤは言った。「彼は再び、ドローナの子に七十の矢を浴びせた。ついで師クṛパには二十五、ジャヤドラタには六十を放ち、さらにまたアシュヴァッターマーへと攻めかかった。」この叙述は、戦の容赦ない高まりゆく律動を際立たせる——武の優劣は力のみならず、抑制と精確さによっても量られ、しかも暴力の倫理的重みは両陣営に積み重なってゆくのである。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the disciplined, measured application of force in kṣatriya warfare—precision, endurance, and tactical sequencing—while implicitly reminding the listener that even skillful combat carries moral gravity and consequences.
Sañjaya reports a rapid sequence of attacks: the warrior (contextually a leading fighter in the battle) strikes Droṇa’s son Aśvatthāmā with seventy arrows, then targets Kṛpa with twenty-five, Jayadratha with sixty, and again turns upon Aśvatthāmā.