Shloka 473
Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana
वायुभूतान्यदृश्यन्त संसक्तानीतरेतरम् । माननीय नरेश! उन दोनोंके छोड़े हुए बाणसमूह वहाँ परस्पर सटकर अत्यन्त वेगके कारण वायुस्वरूप दिखायी देते थे
vāyubhūtāny adṛśyanta saṃsaktānītaretaram | mānanīya nareśa! ubhayos tyaktāḥ bāṇasaṃghāḥ tatra parasparaṃ saṭitāḥ atyantavegakāraṇād vāyusvarūpā iva dṛśyante sma |
सञ्जय उवाच—माननीय नरेश! तयोर्मुक्ताः शरसमूहाः परस्परं संसक्ताः, अत्यन्तवेगात् वायुभूताः इव अदृश्यन्त।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse primarily heightens the battle’s intensity through imagery: when violence accelerates beyond ordinary perception, it becomes indistinguishable—suggesting how war can overwhelm discernment and turn human action into a force of nature.
Sañjaya describes two opposing warriors exchanging such rapid, dense volleys of arrows that the arrows seem to merge and appear wind-like due to their speed and mutual contact.