Shloka 99
ततो ज्यां विनिधायान्यामभिमन्त्रय च पाण्डव: । शरैरवाकिरत् कर्ण दीप्यमानैरिवाहिभि:
tato jyāṁ vinidhāyānyām abhimantrya ca pāṇḍavaḥ | śarair avākirat karṇaṁ dīpyamānair ivāhibhiḥ ||
สัญชัยกล่าวว่า—แล้วอรชุนโอรสแห่งปาณฑุได้ขึ้นสายคันศรเส้นใหม่ ทำพิธีอภิมนตร์ด้วยมนตร์ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ และโปรยศรอันสว่างโชติช่วงดุจอสรพิษเพลิงใส่กรรณะ จนเขาถูกปกคลุมไปทั่ว
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that martial power in the epic is ideally governed by discipline and sanctioned knowledge: Arjuna does not merely attack, he prepares his weapon properly and invokes mantra, suggesting responsibility and trained restraint even amid lethal conflict.
Sañjaya describes Arjuna re-stringing (or fitting an additional string) and empowering it with mantra, then unleashing a dense volley of blazing arrows that envelops Karṇa, intensifying the duel’s ferocity.