Shloka 39
अध्याय १४८ — कर्णप्रभावः, धृष्टद्युम्नस्य विरथता, तथा घटोत्कच-आह्वानम्
Chapter 148: Karṇa’s Pressure, Dhṛṣṭadyumna Unhorsed, and the Summoning of Ghaṭotkaca
तत आदाय वीराणामस्त्रैरस्त्राणि पाण्डव:
tata ādāya vīrāṇām astrair astrāṇi pāṇḍavāḥ
ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ແລ້ວພວກປານດະວະໄດ້ຢືນຢັນອາວຸດຂອງວີລະຊົນ ແລະປະຈັນໜ້າດ້ວຍອາວຸດຕໍ່ອາວຸດ—ຕ້ານທານລູກອາວຸດແຕ່ລະດອກດ້ວຍອາວຸດຂອງຕົນ—ຈົນສົງຄາມກາຍເປັນການປະລອງຝີມືແລະຄວາມແນ່ວແນ່ ບໍ່ແມ່ນແຕ່ການຂ້າຟັນຢ່າງດຽວ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kṣatriya ideal of meeting force with disciplined skill: in righteous warfare, one does not strike blindly but responds proportionately and expertly, turning violence into regulated combat governed by martial codes.
Sañjaya describes a moment in the Drona Parva where the Pāṇḍavas actively counter the opponents’ missiles—taking up and deploying weapons so that each attack is answered by a corresponding weapon, intensifying the duel-like character of the fighting.