Shloka 40
चित्रसेनो विकर्णश्न राजन् दुर्मर्षणस्तथा । रथिनो हेमसंनाहा: सौभद्रमभिदुद्रुवु:,राजन्! इसी समय चित्रसेन, विकर्ण तथा दुर्मर्षण--इन तीन रथियोंने सोनेके कवच बाँधकर सुभद्राकुमार अभिमन्युपर धावा किया
sañjaya uvāca |
citraseno vikarṇaś ca rājan durmarṣaṇas tathā |
rathino hemasaṃnāhāḥ saubhadram abhidudruvuḥ ||
സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—രാജാവേ! ചിത്രസേനൻ, വികർണൻ, ദുർമർഷണൻ—ഈ മൂന്ന് രഥയോദ്ധാക്കൾ സ്വർണ്ണകവചം ധരിച്ചു സൗഭദ്രനായ അഭിമന്യുവിന്റെ നേരെ പാഞ്ഞെത്തി.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a recurring Mahābhārata tension: battlefield duty and courage are praised, yet the narrative also invites reflection on restraint and fairness when multiple elite warriors converge upon a single opponent. It frames war not only as strategy but as a moral arena where conduct (dharma) is continually tested.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that three prominent Kaurava chariot-warriors—Citraseṇa, Vikarṇa, and Durmarṣaṇa—armoured in gold, rush together to attack Abhimanyu, the son of Subhadrā, intensifying the press of combat around him.