Shloka 39
अध्याय १४८ — कर्णप्रभावः, धृष्टद्युम्नस्य विरथता, तथा घटोत्कच-आह्वानम्
Chapter 148: Karṇa’s Pressure, Dhṛṣṭadyumna Unhorsed, and the Summoning of Ghaṭotkaca
तत आदाय वीराणामस्त्रैरस्त्राणि पाण्डव:
tata ādāya vīrāṇām astrair astrāṇi pāṇḍavāḥ
ततः पाण्डववीरास्ते वीराणामस्त्रसञ्चयान् । आदायास्त्रैरस्त्राणि समरे प्रत्यवारयन् ॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kṣatriya ideal of meeting force with disciplined skill: in righteous warfare, one does not strike blindly but responds proportionately and expertly, turning violence into regulated combat governed by martial codes.
Sañjaya describes a moment in the Drona Parva where the Pāṇḍavas actively counter the opponents’ missiles—taking up and deploying weapons so that each attack is answered by a corresponding weapon, intensifying the duel-like character of the fighting.