Shloka 31
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 37: Sañjaya’s Account of Abhimanyu’s Precision Disruption of a Chariot Contingent
कर्णस्तं पञ्चविंशत्या नाराचानां समार्पयत् । अश्वत्थामा च विंशत्या कृतवर्मा च सप्तभि:,तब कर्णने पचीस, अश्व॒त्थामाने बीस तथा कृतवर्माने सात नाराचोंद्वारा अभिमन्युको गहरी चोट पहुँचायी
karṇas taṃ pañcaviṃśatyā nārācānāṃ samārpayat | aśvatthāmā ca viṃśatyā kṛtavarmā ca saptabhiḥ ||
ಕರ್ಣನು ಅವನನ್ನು ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೈದು ನಾರಾಚ ಬಾಣಗಳಿಂದ ಹೊಡೆದನು; ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥಾಮನು ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತರಿಂದ, ಕೃತವರ್ಮನು ಏಳರಿಂದ. ಯುದ್ಧದ ಘೋರ ಒತ್ತಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಭಿಮನ್ಯುವಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ಒಂದೇ ವೇಳೆ ಅನೇಕ ವೀರರು ದಾಳಿ ಮಾಡಿದರು.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war can slide from regulated combat toward overwhelming, collective violence. It invites reflection on kṣatriya-dharma and battlefield ethics: valor is not only personal skill but also the moral frame within which force is used.
Sañjaya reports that Karṇa, Aśvatthāmā, and Kṛtavarmā simultaneously shower Abhimanyu with arrows—25, 20, and 7 respectively—intensifying the coordinated assault against him during the Kurukṣetra battle.