Shloka 92
अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः
स च सर्पमुखो दिव्यो महेषुप्रवरस्तदा । व्यर्थ: कथं समभवत् तन्ममाचक्ष्व संजय
sa ca sarpamukho divyo maheṣupravaraḥ tadā | vyarthaḥ kathaṁ samabhavat tan mamācakṣva sañjaya ||
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ແລ້ວໃນຂະນະນັ້ນ ລູກສອນທິບ ‘ໜ້າງູ’—ຜູ້ເລີດທີ່ສຸດໃນບັນດາລູກສອນໃຫຍ່—ເປັນໄປໄດ້ແນວໃດຈຶ່ງກາຍເປັນໄຮ້ຜົນ? ສັນຈະຍະ, ຈົ່ງບອກຂ້ອຍ. ໃນຍາມທີ່ວີລະບຸດປານດະວະ—ມະຫາຣະຖີ—ກ້າວອອກໄປ ພ້ອມປ່ອຍຝົນລູກສອນດັ່ງເມກອຸດົມນ້ໍາ, ດ້ວຍເຫດໃດອາວຸດອັນສູງສຸດນັ້ນຈຶ່ງລົ້ມເຫຼວ?»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the most formidable divine weapon can become ineffective when opposed by superior prowess, protective merit, or the larger movement of destiny; the epic repeatedly suggests that power alone does not guarantee success.
Vaiśampāyana asks Sañjaya to explain why the celebrated divine serpent-faced missile, regarded as the best among great arrows, failed at the moment when a Pāṇḍava warrior advanced while showering arrows like rain-clouds.