Shloka 95
द्विसाहस्रान् समरे सव्यसाची कुरुप्रवीरानृषभ: कुरूणाम् | क्षणेन सर्वान् सरथाश्वसूतान् निनाय राजन् क्षयमेकवीर:
sañjaya uvāca |
dvisāhasrān samare savyasācī kurupravīrān ṛṣabhaḥ kurūṇām |
kṣaṇena sarvān sarathāśvasūtān nināya rājan kṣayam ekavīraḥ ||
Sañjaya berkata: Wahai Raja, Arjuna—Savyasācī, wira tiada tandingan dan “lembu jantan” terunggul antara kaum Kuru—dalam sekelip mata mengheret kepada kebinasaan dua ribu pahlawan Kuru yang terkemuka di medan perang, menghantar mereka—bersama kereta, kuda dan sais—kepada pengakhiran mereka.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the overwhelming, instantaneous destructiveness of war and the immense responsibility borne by a warrior acting under kṣatriya-dharma: a single act of prowess can annihilate multitudes, making the ethical burden of battlefield duty stark and unavoidable.
Sañjaya reports to the king that Arjuna (Savyasācī) single-handedly destroys two thousand leading Kuru fighters in a moment, killing them along with their chariots, horses, and charioteers—emphasizing Arjuna’s battlefield dominance at this point in the Karṇa Parva.