Shloka 41
सेनावशेषं तं दृष्टवा तव सैन्यस्य पाण्डव:
senāvaśeṣaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā tava sainyasya pāṇḍavaḥ, viśrutaṃ triṣu lokeṣu vyākṣipad gāṇḍivaṃ dhanuḥ |
Wika ni Sañjaya: Nang makita niyang tanging nalalabing bahagi na lamang ng iyong hukbo ang natitira, ang Pāṇḍava (si Arjuna)—na bantog sa tatlong daigdig—ay nag-alab sa galit, sinunggaban ang kanyang busog na Gāṇḍīva; at sa tanyag na lagitik ng pagkakabig nito, sumugod siya laban sa iyong mga puwersang karwahe.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights decisive kṣatriya resolve: perceiving a turning point in battle, Arjuna acts without hesitation. Ethically, it reflects how action in war is framed as duty (dharma) when directed toward a larger righteous objective, even while it intensifies the violence of the moment.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna, seeing the Kaurava forces reduced to a remnant, takes up the famed Gāṇḍīva and advances forcefully against the remaining chariot troops, signaled by the bow’s resonant twang.