Mahabharata 7.136.2 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 136, Shloka 2
Chapter 136: Pandava Counter-Encirclement and the Vāyavya-Astra Disruption
संजय कहते हैं--राजन्! सब प्रकारसे रथहीन एवं भीमसेनके द्वारा पुनः: पराजित हुए कर्णने दूसरे रथपर बैठकर पाण्डुकुमार भीमसेनको पुनः बींध डाला ।।
sañjaya uvāca—rājan! sarvathā rathahīnaḥ punaḥ parājito bhīmasenena karṇaḥ anyasmin rathe samāruhya pāṇḍukumāraṃ bhīmasenaṃ punaḥ vivyādha. mahāgajāvivāsādya viṣāṇāgraiḥ parasparam, śaraiḥ pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭair anyonyam abhijaghnatuḥ.
संजय म्हणाला—राजन्! रथहीन होऊन आणि भीमसेनाने पुन्हा पराभूत केल्यावर कर्ण दुसऱ्या रथावर चढला व पांडुकुमार भीमसेनाला पुन्हा भेदून टाकले. जसे दोन महागजराज सुळ्यांच्या अग्रांनी समोरासमोर धडकतात, तसे कर्ण आणि भीम पूर्ण ताणलेल्या धनुष्यांतून सुटलेल्या बाणांनी एकमेकांना जखमी करू लागले.
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The verse highlights the war-ethic of relentless counterstrike among kṣatriyas: even after setback (being chariotless and defeated), a warrior resumes combat. It also implicitly warns how cycles of retaliation intensify violence, as both sides answer harm with harm.
Karna, having been rendered chariotless and beaten back by Bhima, climbs onto another chariot and shoots Bhima again. Then Karna and Bhima exchange volleys of arrows, compared to two massive elephants clashing with their tusks.
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