Mahabharata — Virata Parva, Shloka 25
Adhyāya 55: Pārtha–Rādheya Saṃvāda and Tactical Exchange
Chapter 55
दिशो<नुभ्रमत: सर्वाः सव्यदक्षिणमस्यतः । सतत दृश्यते युद्धे सायकासनमण्डलम्
diśo 'nubhramataḥ sarvāḥ savyadakṣiṇam asyataḥ | satataṃ dṛśyate yuddhe sāyakāsanamaṇḍalam |
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。アルジュナは四方へと輪転し、左へ右へと交互に矢を放ったので、戦場には彼の弓と矢の円環の掃きが、まるで振り回される火の棒のように絶えず見えていた――乱戦のただ中にあっても揺るがぬ熟達と、規律に統べられた力の徴であった。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined mastery in righteous combat: even amid confusion, a warrior’s trained control, steadiness, and purposeful action embody kṣatriya-dharma—power governed by skill and restraint rather than rage.
Arjuna is maneuvering rapidly in all directions on the battlefield, releasing arrows to both left and right in swift succession, so that the motion of his bow-and-arrow arc appears as a continuous circular ring, like a spinning firebrand.