Shloka 34
कर्णपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः | Karṇa Parva, Chapter 15: Pāṇḍya’s Advance and Aśvatthāmā’s Counterstroke
इषुधेर्धनुषश्वैव ज्यायाश्वैवाथ मारिष । बाह्दो: कराभ्यामुरसो वदनप्राणनेत्रत:
iṣudher dhanuṣaś caiva jyāyāś caivātha māriṣa | bāhvor karābhyām uraso vadana-prāṇa-netrataḥ ||
សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយ៖ «ឱ មហាបុរស! នៅពេលនោះ ព្រួញហាក់ដូចជាផុសចេញពីគ្រប់ទិស—ពីកាបូបព្រួញ និងធ្នូ ពីខ្សែធ្នូផងដែរ; ហើយសូម្បីតែពីដៃ ពីហត្ថ ពីទ្រូង ពីមុខ ពីដង្ហើម និងពីភ្នែក»។
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions less as a moral injunction and more as a warning-through-imagery: when warfare escalates beyond restraint, violence appears limitless, as if weapons arise from everywhere. It implicitly contrasts disciplined, dharmic combat with uncontrolled, destructive excess.
Sañjaya describes an overwhelming moment in battle where arrows seem to pour forth not only from weapons like the quiver, bow, and bowstring, but metaphorically from the warrior’s very limbs and senses—arms, hands, chest, face, breath, and eyes—conveying extraordinary intensity and fear.