Shloka 99
अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च
Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter
शूराणां लब्धलक्ष्याणां विदितानां समन्तत: | अभ्यवर्तन्त कौन्तेयं छादयन्तो महारथा:
śūrāṇāṁ labdhalakṣyāṇāṁ viditānāṁ samantataḥ | abhyavartanta kaunteyaṁ chādayanto mahārathāḥ śaravarṣair mahārāja sarvataḥ pāṇḍunandanam ||
Wika ni Sañjaya: O Mahārāja, ang mga dakilang mandirigmang karwahero—matatapang, tiyak ang tama, at bantog sa lahat ng dako—ay sumalakay laban sa anak ni Kuntī. Mula sa bawat panig, tinakpan nila si Arjuna, anak ni Pāṇḍu, ng siksik na ulang-palaso.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how prowess and reputation, when driven by enmity, intensify the violence of war; it implicitly contrasts mere martial excellence with the ethical burden of how that excellence is used, a recurring Mahābhārata concern about kṣatriya duty and the tragic costs of conflict.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that renowned, expert great chariot-warriors advance on Arjuna from all sides and overwhelm him with a concentrated shower of arrows.