Shloka 27
कर्णवधार्थं धनञ्जयस्य प्रतिज्ञा — Arjuna’s resolve for Karṇa’s defeat
ते वध्यमाना: समरे मुमुचुस्तं रथोत्तमम् । आयुधानि च सर्वाणि विस्रष्टमुपचक्रमु:
te vadhyamānāḥ samare mumucus taṃ rathottamam | āyudhāni ca sarvāṇi visraṣṭam upacakramuḥ ||
रणांगणात बाणांच्या माराने व्याकुळ होऊन त्यांनी अर्जुनाचा तो उत्तम रथ सोडून दिला आणि मग त्याच्यावर आपली सर्व अस्त्र-शस्त्रे झाडण्याचा प्रयत्न करू लागले.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, when overwhelmed in conflict, combatants may abandon position and act from urgency rather than composure—an ethical reminder that war compresses judgment and can push warriors toward desperate, indiscriminate exertion of force.
Under heavy arrow-strikes in the battle, a group of fighters withdraws from (abandons) an excellent chariot associated with Arjuna and then tries to unleash all their weapons, indicating a sudden tactical shift under pressure.