Shloka 11
उन सबको बाणोंकी मारसे पीड़ित होते देख भयंकर पराक्रमी भीमसेनने युद्धस्थलमें अपने बाणोंकी वर्षा करते हुए वहाँ तुरंत ही कर्णपर आक्रमण किया ।। ततस्ते<प्याययुर्हत्वा राक्षसान् यत्र सूतज: । नकुल: सहदेवश्न सात्यकिश्न॒ महारथ:,तत्पश्चात् वे नकुल, सहदेव और महारथी सात्यकि भी राक्षसोंको मारकर वहीं आ पहुँचे, जहाँ सूतपुत्र कर्ण था
tān sarvān bāṇānāṁ mārasena pīḍitān dṛṣṭvā bhīmakarmā bhīmaseno yuddhasthale svabāṇavṛṣṭiṁ varṣayan tatra tūrṇam eva karṇam abhyākrāmat | tataḥ te ’py āyayuḥ hatvā rākṣasān yatra sūtajaḥ | nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca sātyakiś ca mahārathaḥ ||
सञ्जय उवाच—तेषां सर्वेषां बाणप्रहारैः पीडितान् दृष्ट्वा भीमसेनो महाबलः। स्वशरवर्षै रणभूमिं पूरयन् क्षिप्रमेव कर्णमभ्यद्रवत्॥ ततः नकुलः सहदेवश्च महारथः सात्यकिश्च राक्षसान् निहत्य तत्रैव समुपाजग्मुः, यत्र सूतपुत्रः कर्णोऽतिष्ठत्॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kṣatriya ethos of standing with one’s side in crisis: swift action, solidarity among allies, and unwavering resolve. At the same time, it implicitly reminds the listener that battlefield glory is inseparable from suffering—victory is pursued through painful, morally weighty acts.
Bhīma, seeing warriors wounded by arrow-strikes, launches an immediate assault on Karṇa while raining arrows. Soon after, Nakula, Sahadeva, and Sātyaki reach the same spot—having cut down Rākṣasa fighters on the way—thus converging on Karṇa’s position.