Shloka 11
भूरिश्रवसः गर्हा, प्रायोपवेशः, सात्यकिकृतशिरच्छेदः
Bhūriśravas’s Censure, Prāyopaveśa, and Sātyaki’s Beheading
विमुज्चन्तौ शरांस्तीक्ष्णान् संदधानौ च सायकान् | अदृश्यं समरे<न्योन्यं चक्रतुस्तो महारथौ,उन दोनों महारथियोंने समरभूमिमें बाणोंका संधान और तीखे बाणोंका प्रहार करते हुए एक-दूसरेको अदृश्य कर दिया
vimuñcantau śarāṁs tīkṣṇān saṁdadhānau ca sāyakān | adṛśyaṁ samare 'nyonyaṁ cakratus tau mahārathau ||
サンジャヤは言った。「二人の大車戦士は、鋭き矢を放ち、また次々と新たな矢を弓に番え続け、戦場で互いを見えなくしてしまった。相手の絶え間ない矢の嵐が、それぞれを覆い隠したのである。」この詩句は、戦において武の冴えが知覚そのものをも凌駕し、戦闘を見せ場ではなく、持久と規律ある技の競い合いへと変えることを示している。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the disciplined, relentless nature of martial action: skill and sustained effort can overwhelm ordinary perception, reminding readers that war magnifies human capacities while also veiling clarity—an implicit caution about the consuming, obscuring force of violence.
Two elite chariot-warriors exchange a rapid, continuous barrage—shooting sharp arrows while simultaneously fitting new ones—so densely that each becomes hidden from view, as if made invisible by the other’s missile-storm.