Shloka 9
Chapter 136: Pandava Counter-Encirclement and the Vāyavya-Astra Disruption
स निर्भिद्य रणे पार्थ सूतपुत्रधनुश्च्युत: । अगच्छद् दारयन् भूमिं चित्रपुडख: शिलीमुख:,रणक्षेत्रमें सूतपुत्रके धनुषसे छूटा हुआ वह विचित्र पंखोंवाला बाण भीमसेनको विदीर्ण करके पृथ्वीको चीरता हुआ उसके भीतर समा गया
sa nirbhidya raṇe pārtha sūtaputra-dhanuś-cyutaḥ | agacchad dārayan bhūmiṃ citrapuṅkhaḥ śilīmukhaḥ ||
स निर्भिद्य रणे पार्थ सूतपुत्रधनुश्च्युतः । अगच्छद् दारयन् भूमिं चित्रपुङ्खः शिलीमुखः॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how martial skill and anger in war can carry consequences beyond the immediate act: violence, once unleashed, tends to exceed intention, deepening the ethical burden borne by warriors and rulers who sustain the conflict.
Sañjaya describes an arrow shot by Karna (called Sūtaputra) that strikes and pierces Bhīmasena; it continues with such force that it rends the earth and vanishes into the ground, emphasizing the intensity of the combat.