Shloka 6
Adhyāya 140: Rātriyuddhe Droṇa-prāpti-prayatnaḥ
Night engagement and the attempt to reach Droṇa
तथैव कर्णनिर्मुक्ता: शरा बर्हिणवासस: । छादयाज्चक्रिरे वीर शतशो5थ सहस्रश:,इसी प्रकार कर्णके छोड़े हुए मयूरपंखवाले सैकड़ों और हजारों बाणोंने वीर भीमसेनको आच्छादित कर दिया
tathaiva karṇanirmuktāḥ śarā barhiṇavāsasaḥ | chādayāṃś cakrire vīra śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ ||
サンジャヤは言った。「同じくカルナの放った矢—孔雀の羽を翎とするそれ—は百となり千となって降り注ぎ、勇士ビーマセーナを濃く覆い尽くした。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the uncompromising reality of dharma-yuddha as experienced on the field: skill and resolve manifest as relentless action, and a warrior’s steadiness is measured under overwhelming pressure rather than in comfort.
Sañjaya describes Karṇa unleashing a massive volley of peacock-feathered arrows, so numerous that they seem to blanket the opposing hero—understood here as Bhīmasena—signaling the ferocity and momentum of the encounter.