Shloka 19
उनमेंसे चार सौ वीर महारथी यत्नपूर्वक लड़ते रहे, जिन्हें अर्जुनने अपने पैने बाणोंसे यमलोक पहुँचा दिया ।।
te vadhyamānāḥ samare nānāliṅgaiḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | arjunaṃ samabhityajya dudruvuḥ diśo daśa ||
Wika ni Sañjaya: Sa gitna ng labanan, tinamaan at pinabagsak ng mga palaso ni Arjuna—matalas na parang labaha at may sari-saring sagisag—ang mga mandirigmang iyon; at dahil hindi nila nakayanan ang bagsik ng paglusob, iniwan nila ang harapan ni Arjuna at nagsitakas sa sampung panig. Ipinapakita nito ang bigat-moral ng digmaan: ang giting ay gumuho kapag hinarap ang nakalalamang na husay at tadhana, at ang larangan ay pagsubok hindi lamang ng sandata kundi ng paninindigan at tungkulin.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in war, courage is tested by overwhelming force and skill; when duty and resolve fail, even great fighters may abandon the fight. It implicitly contrasts steadfastness in kṣatriya-dharma with panic-driven flight.
Sañjaya reports that warriors, struck by Arjuna’s sharp, emblem-marked arrows, could not endure the assault; they left Arjuna’s vicinity and scattered, fleeing in all ten directions.