Shloka 426
अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च
Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter
ते सर्वेडभ्यद्रवन् कर्ण पतत्रिण इव द्रुमम् । महाराज! विजयकी इच्छा रखनेवाले समस्त पांचाल योद्धा कर्णपर उसी प्रकार टूट पड़े, जैसे पक्षी वृक्षकी ओर उड़े जाते हैं
te sarve 'bhyadravan karṇa patatriṇa iva drumam | mahārāja vijayakāmāḥ sarve pāñcālā yoddhāḥ karṇam eva tathā 'bhyapatanta yathā pakṣiṇaḥ vṛkṣam ||
महाराज! विजयाची इच्छा बाळगणारे सर्व पांचाल योद्धे कर्णावर तसेच तुटून पडले, जसे पक्षी वृक्षाकडे उडून जातात.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how a shared desire for victory can unify and propel a group into decisive action; ethically, it hints at the power—and potential peril—of ambition when it drives collective violence toward a single opponent.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Pāñcāla fighters, intent on winning, charge en masse at Karṇa, likened to birds converging upon a tree.