Shloka 38
कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५९
Arjuna Breaks the Encirclement; Bhīma Reinforces
अभिद्रवत भद्ठ वो द्रुतं द्रवत कौरवा: । यथा जीवतन्न व: कश्रिन्मुच्येत युधि सृूज्जय:
abhidravata bhadraṁ vo drutaṁ dravata kauravāḥ | yathā jīvann na vaḥ kaścin mucyeta yudhi sṛñjayaḥ ||
Sañjaya nói: “Hãy xông lên—cầu điều lành đến với các ngươi! Mau lao tới, hỡi các Kaurava, để không một chiến binh Sṛñjaya nào thoát khỏi trận chiến mà còn sống.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the uncompromising momentum of war: commanders urge swift, decisive action aimed at preventing the enemy’s escape. Ethically, it reflects the harsh kṣatriya battlefield logic where victory is pursued through relentless pressure, even as it starkly exposes the moral cost of such ruthlessness.
Sañjaya reports an exhortation to the Kaurava forces to surge forward rapidly and press the attack so thoroughly that the Sṛñjaya fighters (aligned with the Pāṇḍavas) do not get a chance to withdraw or survive the engagement.