Shloka 56
कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
दृष्टवा तु तं रथं युक्त कवची स शरासनी । बाणमादाय तं दिव्यं सोमविष्ण्वग्निसम्भवम्
dṛṣṭvā tu taṃ rathaṃ yuktaṃ kavacī sa śarāsanī | bāṇam ādāya taṃ divyaṃ somaviṣṇvagnisambhavam ||
तो रथ सज्ज झालेला पाहून, कवचधारी व धनुष्यधारी होऊन भगवान शंकरांनी सोम, विष्णु आणि अग्नीपासून प्रकट झालेला तो दिव्य बाण हातात घेऊन युद्धासाठी सिद्ध झाले।
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how, in war, the turn toward divinely-sourced or extraordinary weapons intensifies the ethical stakes: power and preparedness increase, but so does the responsibility for how that power is used within the bounds of dharma.
Duryodhana describes a scene of immediate battle-readiness: a chariot is seen fully prepared, the warrior is armoured and holding a bow, and a celestial arrow—linked in origin to Soma, Viṣṇu, and Agni—is taken up for combat.