Shloka 226
Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 58 — Arjuna’s Arrow-Storm and Relief of Bhīmasena
यतमानं परं शक्त्या यतमानो महारथ: । ऐसा कहकर शीघ्रता करनेवाले प्रयत्नशील महारथी अभ्व॒त्थामाने अत्यन्त तेज, घोर एवं पैने बाणोंद्वारा यथाशक्ति विजयके लिये प्रयत्न करनेवाले वीर धृष्टद्युम्नको ढक दिया
yatamānaṃ paraṃ śaktyā yatamāno mahārathaḥ |
सञ्जय उवाच—स महारथो यथाशक्ति परं प्रयतमानः, स्वयमपि परमं यतमानः, विजयार्थं यथाशक्ति प्रयतमानं वीरं धृष्टद्युम्नम् अत्यन्ततेजसा घोरैः पैशुनैश्च शरैः समन्तादाच्छादयामास।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethic of total exertion in a warrior’s duty: each side pursues victory according to capacity, and the battlefield rewards sustained effort and skill rather than hesitation.
Aśvatthāman, acting as a great chariot-warrior, showers Dhṛṣṭadyumna with fierce, sharp arrows, effectively covering or overwhelming him as both strive intensely for victory.