Shloka 12
अर्जुनस्य जयद्रथाभिमुखप्रयाणं तथा कर्णेन प्रतिरोधः
Arjuna’s renewed advance toward Jayadratha and Karṇa’s resistance
तथैव तस्यावनिपालपुत्र: संधाय बाणैरपरैज्वलडद्धि: | आजण्निवांस्तान् रजतप्रकाशां- श्वतुर्भिरश्वां श्वतुरः प्रसहा,तत्पश्चात् उन राजकुमार सुदर्शनने अन्य चार तेजस्वी बाणोंका संधान करके उनके द्वारा चाँदीके समान चमकनेवाले सात्यकिके उन चारों घोड़ोंको भी बलपूर्वक घायल कर दिया
tathaiva tasyāvanipālaputraḥ sandhāya bāṇair aparair jvaladbhīḥ | ājaghānivāṁs tān rajataprakāśān caturbhir aśvān śveturāḥ prasahya ||
तथैव तस्यावनिपालपुत्रः संधाय बाणैरपरैर्ज्वलद्भिः । आजघ्निवांस्तान् रजतप्रकाशान् चतुर्भिरश्वान् चतुरः प्रसह्य ॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a battlefield ethic where tactical necessity (crippling an enemy’s chariot by targeting horses) can dominate action, reminding the reader that war accelerates harsh choices and magnifies the moral burden of violence even when performed as kṣatriya-duty.
Sañjaya reports that a prince (the king’s son) shoots additional blazing arrows and, with four shafts, forcefully wounds/strikes Sātyaki’s four silver-bright horses, effectively undermining Sātyaki’s chariot mobility.