Shloka 34
धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणाभिमुख्यं तथा सात्यकि-कर्ण-समागमः
Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s advance toward Droṇa and the Sātyaki–Karṇa confrontation
शरानास्तीर्य सव्येन पाणिना पुण्यलक्षण: । यियासुर्ब्रह्य लोकाय प्राणान् प्राणेष्वधाजुहोत्,पवित्र लक्षणोंवाले भूरिश्रवाने बायें हाथसे बाण बिछाकर ब्रह्मलोकमें जानेकी इच्छासे प्राणायामके द्वारा प्राणोंको प्राणोंमें ही होम दिया
śarān āstīrya savyena pāṇinā puṇyalakṣaṇaḥ | yiyāsur brahmalokāya prāṇān prāṇeṣv adhājuhot ||
शरानास्तीर्य सव्येन पाणिना पुण्यलक्षणः । यियासुर्ब्रह्मलोकाय प्राणान् प्राणेष्वधाजुहोत् ॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid the chaos of battle, the text highlights the possibility of turning inward: mastery of breath and mind (prāṇāyāma) is portrayed as a sacred act like homa, directing one’s end toward purity and a higher goal rather than further aggression.
Bhūriśravā, described as virtuous, prepares for death by arranging arrows as a support and then performs a yogic, internalized sacrifice—offering prāṇa into prāṇa through breath-discipline—seeking departure to Brahmaloka.