Shloka 56
अध्याय १४८ — कर्णप्रभावः, धृष्टद्युम्नस्य विरथता, तथा घटोत्कच-आह्वानम्
Chapter 148: Karṇa’s Pressure, Dhṛṣṭadyumna Unhorsed, and the Summoning of Ghaṭotkaca
स वराहध्वजस्तूर्ण गार्धपत्रानजिद्दगान् । क्रुद्धाशीविषसंकाशान् कर्मारपरिमार्जितान्
sa varāhadhvajas tūrṇaṃ gārdhrapatrān ajiddagān | kruddhāśīviṣasaṃkāśān karmārāparimārjitān
ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಆಗ ವರಾಹಧ್ವಜಧಾರಿ ಆ ಯೋಧನು ತ್ವರಿತವಾಗಿ ಗಿಡುಗದ ರೆಕ್ಕೆಗಳಿರುವ, ಹಾರಾಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಜೇಯವಾದ, ಕ್ರುದ್ಧ ವಿಷಸರ್ಪಗಳಂತೆ ಭಯಂಕರವಾದ, ಶಾಣಕಲ್ಲಿನಲ್ಲಿ ತೀಕ್ಷ್ಣಗೊಳಿಸಿದ ಬಾಣಗಳನ್ನು ಬಿಡಿದನು.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how disciplined preparation and technical mastery (well-honed arrows) can become instruments of destruction in war; it invites reflection on the ethical burden of power and skill when deployed amid a conflict where dharma is contested.
Sañjaya describes a boar-bannered warrior rapidly releasing arrows fletched with vulture feathers, portrayed as irresistible and as terrifying as angry venomous snakes, emphasizing the intensity and lethal momentum of the battle.