Shloka 376
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 107: Karṇa–Bhīma Saṃmarda
Arrow-storm Engagement
अदृश्यं समरे चक्र: सायकौचै: समन्तत: । तब उन सभी पुरुषसिंह महारथियोंने भी समरांगणमें सब ओरसे बाणसमूहोंकी वर्षा करके अर्जुनको अदृश्य कर दिया
sañjaya uvāca |
adṛśyaṃ samare cakruḥ sāyakaughaiḥ samantataḥ |
Sañjaya berkata: Di tengah pertempuran, mereka menjadikannya seolah-olah tidak kelihatan dari segala arah, dengan gugusan anak panah yang padat meliputi sekeliling. Para maharathi yang gagah bak singa itu, menghujani medan perang dengan volley di serata tempat, menutupi Arjuna hingga tidak lagi dapat dilihat—suatu gambaran bahawa keperkasaan senjata dapat seketika menggelapkan bahkan wira terunggul di tengah amukan perang.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in war, sheer force and coordinated aggression can overwhelm perception and visibility itself; it implicitly cautions that battlefield success often depends on collective tactics and intensity, not only individual fame—raising ethical awareness of war’s engulfing, dehumanizing momentum.
Sanjaya reports that multiple great chariot-warriors unleash a surrounding rain of arrows, creating such a dense barrage that Arjuna becomes hidden from view on the battlefield.