Shloka 28
Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)
व्यश्वसूतरथं चक्रे सव्यसाची परंतप:
vyaśvasūtarathaṃ cakre savyasācī parantapaḥ
Wika ni Sañjaya: Si Arjuna, ang mamamanang kayang gumamit ng dalawang kamay at tagasunog ng mga kaaway, ay winasak ang kabayo, ang kutsero, at ang karwahe ng kalaban—larawan ng mapagpasiyang husay sa pakikidigma na ginamit sa madilim, tungkuling-karahasang dala ng digmaan.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined martial excellence within the harsh framework of kṣatriya-duty: in war, decisive action and skill are exercised not as personal cruelty but as the grim execution of one’s role in a righteous conflict as presented by the epic’s narrative voice.
Sañjaya reports that Arjuna, famed as Savyasācī, strikes so effectively that the opponent’s chariot-unit—its horses, charioteer, and chariot—is rendered ruined or disabled, signaling a turning point in that immediate combat exchange.