Shloka 303
जवेनाभ्यपतन् हृष्टा घ्नन्तो दौर्योधनं बलम् । दूसरी ओर पराक्रमी अर्जुनने रथसेनापर आक्रमण किया। माद्रीकुमार नकुल-सहदेव और महारथी सात्यकि हर्षमें भरकर दुर्योधनकी सेनाका संहार करते हुए बड़े वेगसे शकुनिपर टूट पड़े
javena abhyapatan hṛṣṭā ghnantaḥ dauryodhanaṃ balam | dvitīyāṃ diśi parākramī arjunaḥ ratha-senām upari ākrāmat | mādrī-kumārau nakula-sahadevau ca mahā-rathī sātyakiś ca harṣeṇa pūritāḥ duryodhanasya senāṃ saṃharantaḥ mahā-javena śakunim upari nipetuḥ |
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: Sa galak na tuwa, sumugod sila nang ubod-bilis, pinupuksa ang mga puwersa ni Duryodhana. Sa kabilang panig, inilunsad ng makapangyarihang Arjuna ang paglusob sa mga pangkat ng karwaheng pandigma. Ang mga anak ni Madri—sina Nakula at Sahadeva—at ang dakilang mandirigmang karwahe na si Sātyaki, na nag-uumapaw sa sigla, ay nagpatay sa mga kawal ni Duryodhana at, sa matinding bugso, bumagsak sa ibabaw ni Śakuni.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a battlefield ethic of targeting decisive nodes—leaders and instigators—rather than merely clashing with anonymous masses. It also reflects kṣatriya-dharma in its stark form: disciplined courage, coordinated assault, and the pursuit of strategic objectives amid the moral gravity of large-scale destruction.
Sañjaya reports that the Pāṇḍava side surges forward: Arjuna attacks the chariot formations, while Nakula, Sahadeva, and Sātyaki—exultant and forceful—cut through Duryodhana’s troops and then rush to engage Śakuni directly.