Shloka 55
अध्याय ६० — कर्णस्य पाञ्चाल-सोमक-निग्रहः
Karna’s Suppression of the Panchala–Somaka Forces
युधामन्यु: कृप॑ विद्ध्वा धनुरस्याशु चिच्छिदे । अथान्यद् धनुरादाय कृप: शस्त्रभृतां वर:
yudhāmanyuḥ kṛpaṁ viddhvā dhanur asyāśu cicchide | athānyad dhanur ādāya kṛpaḥ śastrabhṛtāṁ varaḥ |
Disse Sañjaya: Yudhāmanyu, após ferir Kṛpa, cortou-lhe de pronto o arco. Então Kṛpa—o mais eminente entre os portadores de armas—tomou outro arco. No confronto que se seguiu, derrubou o estandarte, o cocheiro e o pálio real de Yudhāmanyu; e Yudhāmanyu, grande guerreiro de carro, fugiu daquele lugar com o seu carro.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even within kṣatriya-dharma, victory depends not only on initial success but on steadiness, quick recovery, and protection of the chariot’s supports and emblems; the fall of banner, charioteer, and parasol marks a collapse of battlefield standing and compels withdrawal.
Yudhāmanyu wounds Kṛpa and cuts his bow; Kṛpa immediately takes another bow and counters effectively, bringing down Yudhāmanyu’s standard, charioteer, and parasol, after which Yudhāmanyu retreats in his chariot.