Shloka 28
अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च
Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter
सच्छिन्नवर्मा नाराचप्रहारैर्जर्जरीकृत:
sacchinnavarmā nārācaprahārair jarjarīkṛtaḥ
Wika ni Sañjaya: Ang kaniyang baluti ay naputol-putol, at sa sunod-sunod na hagupit ng mga palasong nārāca ay siya’y nabugbog at nadurog—larawan kung paanong ang walang humpay na dahas ng digmaan ay humuhubad sa mandirigma ng panangga, at tanging pagtitiis at paninindigan ang naiiwan sa gitna ng pagkawasak.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the stark ethic of the battlefield: worldly protections (like armor) are fragile before sustained aggression, and war exposes the body—and the mind—to relentless harm, testing a warrior’s steadiness and resolve within kṣatriya duty.
Sañjaya describes a warrior (implied from context) whose armor has been sliced apart and who has been repeatedly struck by powerful nārāca arrows, leaving him battered and broken in the midst of combat.