Shloka 9
Chapter 136: Pandava Counter-Encirclement and the Vāyavya-Astra Disruption
स निर्भिद्य रणे पार्थ सूतपुत्रधनुश्च्युत: । अगच्छद् दारयन् भूमिं चित्रपुडख: शिलीमुख:,रणक्षेत्रमें सूतपुत्रके धनुषसे छूटा हुआ वह विचित्र पंखोंवाला बाण भीमसेनको विदीर्ण करके पृथ्वीको चीरता हुआ उसके भीतर समा गया
sa nirbhidya raṇe pārtha sūtaputra-dhanuś-cyutaḥ | agacchad dārayan bhūmiṃ citrapuṅkhaḥ śilīmukhaḥ ||
サञ्जयは言った。戦場のただ中で、御者の子（カルナ）の弓から放たれたその奇羽の矢は、毘摩से那を貫き、なお勢いを失わず、大地を裂きつつ走って、ついに地中へと消えた。この光景は、戦の容赦なき推進力を示す。技と憤怒が武器を目前の標的の先へと駆り立て、戦場の暴力にいっそうの道義的重みを加えるのである。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how martial skill and anger in war can carry consequences beyond the immediate act: violence, once unleashed, tends to exceed intention, deepening the ethical burden borne by warriors and rulers who sustain the conflict.
Sañjaya describes an arrow shot by Karna (called Sūtaputra) that strikes and pierces Bhīmasena; it continues with such force that it rends the earth and vanishes into the ground, emphasizing the intensity of the combat.