Shloka 13
अन्धकार-रजःसंमूढे रणाङ्गणे प्रदीपप्रकाशः | Illumination of the Army in Darkness and Dust
तब सूतपुत्रके वधकी इच्छावाले पराक्रमी पाण्डुपुत्र भीमसेनने बड़ी उतावलीके साथ एक हजार बाण चलाये ।। तानिषूनिषुभि: कर्णो वारयित्वा महामृथे । कवचं भीमसेनस्य पाटयामास सायकै:,परंतु कर्णने उस महासमरमें अपने बाणोंद्वारा उन सभी बाणोंका निवारण करके भीमसेनके कवचको बाणोंसे छिन्न-भिन्न कर दिया
sañjaya uvāca | tataḥ sūtaputrake vadhakīcchāvān parākramaḥ pāṇḍuputro bhīmaseno mahotkaṇṭhayā sahasram iṣūn mumoca | tān iṣūn iṣubhiḥ karṇo vārayitvā mahāraṇe kavacaṃ bhīmasenasya pāṭayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ |
サンジャヤは言った。ついで、般度の勇士ビーマセーナは、カルナを討たんとの欲念に燃え、あわただしく千の矢を放った。大いなる激戦のただ中で、カルナは自らの矢でそれらをことごとく防ぎ、さらにその矢弾によってビーマの鎧をずたずたに裂いた。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a battlefield ethic: intense resolve (the desire to slay an enemy) must be matched by disciplined skill and presence of mind. Bhīma’s sheer volume of attack is met by Karṇa’s precise counter, suggesting that in kṣatriya warfare, mastery and steadiness often prevail over haste.
Bhīma, eager to kill Karṇa, rapidly shoots a thousand arrows. Karṇa neutralizes them with his own arrows and then tears apart Bhīma’s armor with his missiles, turning defense into a decisive counterstrike.