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 |
Wika ni Sañjaya: Tinalikuran niya ang siyam na kapintasan sa paraan ng lipad ng sandata, at sa digmaan ay pinalipad niya ang mga palaso ayon lamang sa ikasampu—ang landas na walang dungis. At ang mga palasong iyon ay nagsimulang pumatay sa mga kabayo, karwahe, at elepante ng panig ng mga Pāṇḍava, na nagpapakita kung paanong ang ganap na kahusayan sa teknik ng pakikidigma, kapag sinabayan ng poot, ay nagiging puwersang malawak ang paglipol.
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).