Shloka 443
कर्णभीमयुद्धम्
Karna–Bhīma Combat Report
अभिदुद्राव राजानं सिंहो मृगमिवोल्बण: । दृढ़तापूर्वक व्रतका पालन करनेवाले द्रोणके हाथ बड़ी फुर्तीसे चलते थे। जैसे प्रचण्ड सिंह किसी मृगका पीछा करता हो, उसी प्रकार वे तीखे बाणसमूहोंकी वर्षा करते हुए राजा युधिष्ठिरकी ओर दौड़े
abhidudrāva rājānaṃ siṃho mṛgam ivolbaṇaḥ | dṛḍhatāpūrvaka-vrata-kā pālana karanevāle droṇake hātha baṛī phurtīse calate the | jaise pracaṇḍa siṃha kisī mṛgakā pīchā karatā ho, usī prakāra ve tīkhe bāṇa-samūhoṃkī varṣā karate hue rājā yudhiṣṭhirakī ora dauṛe |
सञ्जय उवाच—द्रोणो राजानं युधिष्ठिरमभिदुद्राव, यथा प्रचण्डः सिंहः मृगमिवोल्बणः। दृढव्रतः स शस्त्रविद्यायां निपुणः, शीघ्रचेष्टितहस्तः, तीक्ष्णबाणवर्षैः समन्तात् प्रच्छादयन् नृपं प्रति जगाम।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse juxtaposes disciplined vow-keeping (vrata, tapas) with the harsh necessities of war: even a rigorously self-controlled warrior may act with relentless force. It invites reflection on how personal discipline can serve divergent ends—upholding duty in battle while intensifying the ethical tension of violence against a dharma-centered king.
Sañjaya describes Droṇa charging toward King Yudhiṣṭhira and raining sharp arrows upon him, using the simile of a fierce lion pursuing a deer to convey speed, inevitability, and predatory pressure in the battlefield moment.