Shloka 67
अस्त्रयुद्धे द्रौणिपार्थसंघर्षः — Karṇa’s Bhārgavāstra and the Search for Yudhiṣṭhira
Chapter 45
व्याकुलीकृतमत्यर्थ पश्य सैन्यं किरीटिना । नानामृगसहस्राणां यूथं केसरिणा यथा
sañjaya uvāca | vyākulīkṛtam atyarthaṃ paśya sainyaṃ kirīṭinā | nānāmṛga-sahasrāṇāṃ yūthaṃ kesariṇā yathā ||
Sañjaya nói: “Hãy nhìn xem—Arjuna đội mũ miện đã làm cho đạo quân ấy rối loạn tột độ, như sư tử khiến bầy hươu muôn loài hàng nghìn con kinh hãi mà tan tác.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how disciplined valor and strategic force can dissolve an opposing host’s cohesion; ethically, it points to the battlefield reality that fear and disorder often overtake armies when confronted by a superior, steadfast champion.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna has severely unsettled the Kaurava forces, comparing their panic to a herd of many thousands of deer scattering before a lion.