Shloka 28
Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)
व्यश्वसूतरथं चक्रे सव्यसाची परंतप:
vyaśvasūtarathaṃ cakre savyasācī parantapaḥ
Sañjaya berkata: Arjuna, pemanah yang mahir dengan kedua-dua tangan dan pembakar musuh, menghancurkan kuda, sais, dan kereta perang pihak lawan—gambaran kemahiran tempur yang tegas digunakan dalam kekerasan perang yang suram, didorong oleh kewajipan.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined martial excellence within the harsh framework of kṣatriya-duty: in war, decisive action and skill are exercised not as personal cruelty but as the grim execution of one’s role in a righteous conflict as presented by the epic’s narrative voice.
Sañjaya reports that Arjuna, famed as Savyasācī, strikes so effectively that the opponent’s chariot-unit—its horses, charioteer, and chariot—is rendered ruined or disabled, signaling a turning point in that immediate combat exchange.