Shloka 231
अथान्यदादाय धनु: स शीघ्र कर्णात्मज: पाण्डवमभ्यविध्यत् । दिव्यैरस्त्रैर भ्यवर्षच्च सो 5पि कर्णस्य पुत्रो नकुलं कृतास्त्र:
athānyad ādāya dhanuḥ sa śīghraṁ karṇātmajaḥ pāṇḍavam abhyavidhyat | divyair astrair abhyavarṣac ca so 'pi karṇasya putro nakulaṁ kṛtāstraḥ ||
サンジャヤは言った。「それからカルナの子は、すばやく別の弓を取り、パーンダヴァの武者に射かけた。武器の術に通じたそのカルナの子は、天界の矢を雨のごとく降らせ、ナクラへと攻め立てた。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in war, trained warriors respond with speed and escalating force; it implicitly warns that martial excellence (kṛtāstra) can become an instrument of intensifying destruction when driven by rivalry rather than restraint.
Sañjaya reports that Karṇa’s son quickly takes up another bow and attacks a Pāṇḍava—specifically Nakula—showering him with divine missiles, indicating a fierce exchange and rising intensity in the battle.