Shloka 53
Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 58 — Arjuna’s Arrow-Storm and Relief of Bhīmasena
विकृष्यमाणं दृष्टवैव धृष्टट्युम्न॑ नरेश्वर । शरांभ्षिक्षेप वै पार्थो द्रौणिं प्रति महाबल:,नरेश्वर! धृष्टद्युम्मनको खींचे जाते देख महाबली अर्जुनने अश्वत्थामापर बहुत-से बाण चलाये
vikṛṣyamāṇaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ nareśvara | śarāmbhaḥ kṣepavaī pārtho drauṇiṃ prati mahābalaḥ ||
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “O hari, nang makita niyang hinihila palayo si Dhṛṣṭadyumna, ang makapangyarihang si Pārtha (Arjuna) ay nagpaulan ng siksik na mga palaso laban kay Drauṇi (Aśvatthāmā).”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid war, a kṣatriya is expected to uphold a code: protect comrades and oppose actions that resemble humiliation or unfair handling of an opponent. Arjuna’s arrow-shower is framed as immediate protective intervention.
Dhṛṣṭadyumna is being dragged; seeing this, Arjuna (Pārtha) swiftly releases many arrows at Aśvatthāmā (Drauṇi), attempting to check him and rescue or defend Dhṛṣṭadyumna.