Shloka 2
भीमसेनस्य वेगाभिपातः—विशोकसारथिसंवादश्च
Bhīma’s surge and dialogue with charioteer Viśoka
किरन्निषुगणान् घोरान् स्वर्णपुड्खाज्शिलाशितान् । दर्शयन् विविधान् मार्गान् शिक्षाश्व॒ लघुहस्तवत्
sañjaya uvāca | kirann iṣugaṇān ghorān svarṇapuṅkhān śilāśitān | darśayan vividhān mārgān śikṣāś ca laghuhastavat |
അവൻ സ്വർണ്ണപുഞ്ചങ്ങളുള്ള, കല്ലിൽ മൂർച്ചപ്പെടുത്തിയ ഭീകര അമ്പുകൂട്ടങ്ങൾ ചൊരിഞ്ഞു; വേഗഹസ്തനായ യോദ്ധാവിനെപ്പോലെ പലവിധ പ്രക്ഷേപപഥങ്ങളും ശിക്ഷാനൈപുണ്യവും പ്രകടിപ്പിച്ചു।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how disciplined training (śikṣā) and technical mastery can make violence extraordinarily effective; ethically, it underscores the Mahābhārata’s tension between prowess and restraint—skill in war is admired, yet its consequences (overwhelming force that ‘fills the sky’) invite reflection on responsible use of power within kṣatriya-dharma.
Sañjaya describes a warrior unleashing terrifying volleys of expertly prepared arrows, demonstrating varied firing paths and refined technique, and using divinely empowered missiles to check/hem in Yudhiṣṭhira, saturating the battlefield sky with arrows.