Shloka 31
समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः
Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī
अहनी युयुधे द्वे तु कर्ण: परबलार्दन: । शल्यो<र्धदिवसं चैव गदायुद्धमत: परम्,शत्रुसेनाको पीड़ित करनेवाले वीरवर कर्णने दो दिन युद्ध किया और शल्यने आधे दिनतक। इसके पश्चात् (दुर्योधन और भीमसेनका परस्पर) गदायुद्ध आधे दिनतक होता रहा
ahanī yuyudhe dve tu karṇaḥ parabala-ardanaḥ | śalyo 'rdha-divasaṃ caiva gadā-yuddham ataḥ param ||
迦尔纳，这位摧折敌军之力的猛士，鏖战整整两日；沙利耶战了半日。其后，至高的棍棒决斗展开——都利约陀那与毗摩塞那相对而斗——又持续半日。此段凸显战事步步升级、毫不歇止，勇士以技与耐力支撑到底，而暴力的道德重负亦随之层层累积。
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the intensity and endurance of martial duty, while implicitly pointing to the moral gravity of prolonged violence: heroic prowess can be celebrated, yet the narrative context reminds the reader that such contests arise from adharma-driven rivalry and culminate in devastating outcomes.
It summarizes successive phases of fighting: Karṇa battles for two days, Śalya for half a day, and then the climactic mace-fight occurs between Duryodhana and Bhīmasena, lasting half a day.