Shloka 113
Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)
पार्थभूतममन्यन्त प्रेक्षमाणास्तथाविधम् | समरभूमिमें अर्जुनके नामसे अंकित बाणोंकी चोट खाते हुए कौरव-सैनिक उन्हें उसी रूपमें देखते हुए सब कुछ अर्जुनमय ही मानने लगे
pārthabhūtam amanyanta prekṣamāṇās tathāvidham | samara-bhūmau ’rjuna-nāmāṅkita-bāṇa-prahāraṁ prāpya kaurava-sainikās taṁ tathā-rūpaṁ paśyantaḥ sarvaṁ arjunamayaṁ evāmanyanta |
میدانِ جنگ میں اسے اس غیر معمولی حالت میں دیکھ کر، ارجن کے نام سے مُہر شدہ تیروں کی ضربیں کھانے والے کورو سپاہی اسے گویا خود ارجن ہی سمجھنے لگے۔ یوں دیکھتے دیکھتے خوف اور ہیبت نے ان کی سمجھ پر پردہ ڈال دیا اور انہیں اپنے سامنے ہر شے ارجن ہی سے معمور دکھائی دینے لگی۔
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how overwhelming prowess in war can distort perception: fear and repeated impact make opponents see a single heroic agency everywhere. Ethically, it underscores the psychological dimension of kṣatriya-dharma—courage and steadiness are as decisive as weapons, while panic turns the mind into a battlefield of its own.
Sanjaya reports that the Kaurava troops, being struck by arrows bearing Arjuna’s name and witnessing a warrior’s formidable display, begin to think he is Arjuna himself. In their terror and astonishment, they feel the entire scene is ‘Arjuna-filled,’ as if Arjuna’s presence dominates everything on the field.