Shloka 54
तस्मादन्यद् योजय सव्यसाचि- ज्लिति स्मोक्तोड्योजयत् सव्यसाची । ततो दिश: प्रदिशश्चापि सर्वा: समावृणोत् सायकैर्भूरितेजा:
tasmād anyad yojaya savyasāci-jliti smoktoḍyojayat savyasācī | tato diśaḥ pradiśaś cāpi sarvāḥ samāvṛṇot sāyakair bhūritejāḥ ||
Disse Sañjaya: “Portanto, ó Savyasācin, engata outro (meio/arma)!” Assim instado, Savyasācin pôs outro em ação. Então aquele guerreiro poderoso e flamejante cobriu todas as direções e os quadrantes intermediários com uma densa chuva de flechas—uma escalada de força para enfrentar força, na ética sombria da necessidade do campo de batalha.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Within the Mahābhārata’s war-ethic, the verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma: when confronted with grave danger, a warrior may intensify his means to protect his side and restore tactical balance. The moral tension is not celebration of violence, but the duty-bound response under battlefield necessity.
Sañjaya narrates that Arjuna (Savyasācin), prompted to employ another measure/weapon, deploys it and unleashes such a torrent of arrows that all directions and intermediate quarters appear covered—signaling a decisive surge in his offensive.