Shloka 336
Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana
महावेगानू् प्रदीप्ताग्रान् मुमोचाधिरथि: शरान् | सूतपुत्रने गीधके पाँखवाले, शिलापर तेज किये, सुवर्णभूषित, महान् वेगशाली और प्रज्वलित अग्र-भागवाले बहुत-से बाण छोड़े
mahāvegān pradīptāgrān mumocādhirathiḥ śarān |
सञ्जय उवाच—अधिरथिः महावेगान् प्रदीप्ताग्रान् सुवर्णभूषितान् बहून् शरान् मुमोच।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the Mahābhārata’s recurring tension: martial excellence and kṣatriya-duty can be executed with dazzling skill, yet such power, when deployed in a fractured moral landscape, heightens suffering and tests the boundaries of dharma.
Sañjaya describes a leading chariot-warrior unleashing a volley of extremely fast, sharp, and blazing-tipped arrows—an image of escalating combat intensity during the Drona Parva battles.