Shloka 42
भीमस्य जलान्वेषणं तथा वनविश्रान्तिः
Bhīma’s Search for Water and the Forest Halt
(न दिशो नान्तरिक्षं च तदा नैव च मेदिनी । अदृश्यत महाराज तत्र किंचन संयुगे ।।
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
na diśo nāntarikṣaṃ ca tadā naiva ca medinī |
adṛśyata mahārāja tatra kiṃcana saṃyuge ||
bāṇāndhakāre balinā kṛte gāṇḍīvadhanvanā ||
毗舍摩波耶那说道：大王啊，在那场战斗中，既辨不清方位，也看不见天空，甚至连大地都不可见——一切尽皆隐没。因为强大的阿周那，执持甘狄婆神弓者，以箭雨布下了浓密的黑暗。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how unchecked force in war can eclipse clarity itself—symbolically showing that violence creates moral and perceptual darkness, where orientation (diśaḥ) and discernment are lost.
During a fierce combat, Arjuna releases such a thick volley of arrows that the battlefield appears dark; observers cannot distinguish directions, sky, or earth.