Shloka 56
Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)
अर्जुनस्य रथोपस्थं पूरयामासुरञ्जसा । राजन! उनके चलाये हुए सुवर्णभूषित बाणोंने अर्जुनके रथकी बैठकको अनायास ही भर दिया
arjunasya rathopasthaṁ pūrayāmāsur añjasā | rājan |
サञ्जयは言った。「大王よ、武者たちの矢—迅速かつ正確に放たれたそれら—は、たちまちアルジュナの戦車の立ち場を埋め尽くした。この光景は、戦の容赦なき圧力と、圧倒的な猛攻の下でも揺るがず立つことの道義的重みを示している。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights steadfastness under extreme pressure: even when surrounded by danger and the signs of enemy force (arrows filling the chariot-space), a warrior is expected to remain composed and continue performing duty (kṣatriya-dharma) without panic or collapse.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna is being intensely targeted; the attackers’ arrows, described as swift and (in the gloss) gold-adorned, accumulate so densely that they fill the space of Arjuna’s chariot.