स तु कर्णस्य तद् दिव्यमस्त्रमस्त्रेण शातयन्
sa tu karṇasya tad divyam astram astreṇa śātayan
सञ्जय उवाच—स तु कर्णस्य तद् दिव्यमस्त्रम् अन्येनास्त्रेण शातयामास; रणधर्मे बलं बलेन प्रतिहन्यते, यत्र कौशलं संयमश्च शक्तिं रक्षां वा विनाशं वा करोति।
संजय उवाच
Even extraordinary power (divya astra) must be met with discernment and proportional response; in the epic’s war-ethic, mastery is shown not only by possessing force but by controlling and countering it so that violence does not become unbounded.
In Sañjaya’s report of the battle, an opponent counters Karṇa’s celestial missile by deploying another weapon, effectively blunting or nullifying Karṇa’s divya astra through astra-to-astra combat.