Shloka 16
अध्याय २९: कर्णस्य शल्यं प्रति शापस्मरणं च युद्धनिश्चयः | Chapter 29: Karṇa recalls curses to Śalya and declares resolve for battle
रथान् विमानप्रतिमान् मज्जयन् सायुधध्वजान् । स सारथींस्तदा बाणैरभ्राणीवानिलोडवधीत्
rathān vimānapratimān majjayan sāyudhadhvajān | sa sārathīṁs tadā bāṇair abhrāṇīvānilo 'vadadhīt ||
サञ्जयは言った。その時アルジュナは、雲の塊を引き裂く風のように、空飛ぶ車のごとく見える戦車を矢で滅ぼし、沈ませ、斬り倒し、武器も旗も御者もろとも打ち砕いた。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the most magnificent instruments of power—splendid chariots with arms and standards—are fragile before decisive skill and time; the epic simile (wind scattering clouds) highlights the transience of martial glory and the sweeping, impersonal momentum of war.
Sañjaya reports that Arjuna, in the thick of battle, shoots down and overwhelms many splendid chariots, destroying them along with their weapons, banners, and charioteers, as wind breaks apart dense cloud formations.