Shloka 6
अमोघशक्तिव्यंसनप्रश्नः — Why Karṇa’s Śakti Was Not Used on Arjuna
के पुरस्तादवर्तन्त निध्नन्तः शात्रवान् रणे । मन्ये5हं पाण्डवान् सर्वान् भारद्वाजशरार्दितान्
ke purastād avartanta nidhnāntaḥ śātravān raṇe | manye 'haṃ pāṇḍavān sarvān bhāradvāja-śarārditān ||
ドリタラーシュトラは言った。「戦場で敵を打ち倒しつつ、最前線を進んだのは誰か。私は、バーラドヴァージャの子の矢によって、パーンダヴァたちが皆ひどく痛めつけられたと思うのだ。」
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral and psychological cost of war: even a king removed from the battlefield is consumed by fear and conjecture, measuring events through attachment and anxiety. It also underscores how a single formidable warrior (Droṇa) can shift the perceived balance of dharma-driven conflict into dread and uncertainty.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra questions Sañjaya about the vanguard—who is pressing forward and killing foes. He then voices his suspicion that Droṇa, son of Bhāradvāja, has severely wounded all the Pāṇḍavas with his arrows, reflecting the intensity of Droṇa’s onslaught in the Droṇa Parva.