Shloka 323
हित्वा नवगतीर्दुष्टाः स बाणानाहवे5त्यजत् | 'भीष्मजी युद्धस्थलमें दोषयुक्त आविद्ध आदि नौ गतियोंको छोड़कर केवल दसवीं गतिसे बाण छोड़ते थे। वे बाण पाण्डवपक्षके घोड़ों, रथों और हाथियोंका संहार करने लगे
hitvā navagatīr duṣṭāḥ sa bāṇān āhave 'tyajat |
सञ्जय उवाच—स नवगतीर्दुष्टाः परित्यज्य, दशमीं निर्दोषां गतिमाश्रित्य, आहवे बाणान् अत्यमुञ्चत्; ते शराः पाण्डवपक्षस्य हयान् रथान् गजान् च निघ्नन्ति स्म।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how disciplined technique and discernment (rejecting “flawed” methods and choosing the correct one) can greatly amplify effectiveness; ethically, it also warns that excellence in skill, when applied in war, can intensify harm and thus demands responsibility and restraint.
Sañjaya reports a warrior’s superior archery: he abandons nine defective trajectories and shoots using a tenth, effective mode; as a result, the opposing (Pandava) forces’ key war-assets—horses, chariots, and elephants—are being systematically destroyed (as elaborated in the accompanying gloss).