Shloka 26
नारायणास्त्र-शमनं द्रौणि-प्रहारश्च
Pacification of the Nārāyaṇāstra and Drauni’s Renewed Assault
उन दोनों रणदुर्मद वीर महारथियोंने वर्षाकालके दो मेघोंके समान आकाशको बाणसमूहोंसे व्याप्त कर दिया ।। प्रकृत्या घोररूपं तदासीद् घोरतरं पुन: । रात्रिश्व भरतश्रेष्ठ योधानां युद्शशालिनाम्
ubhau tau raṇadurmadau vīrau mahārathī varṣākālayor iva dvau meghau samānau ākāśaṃ bāṇasamūhaiḥ vyāptaṃ cakratuḥ. prakṛtyā ghorarūpaṃ tad āsīd ghorataraṃ punaḥ; rātriś ca bharataśreṣṭha yodhānāṃ yuddhaśālinām.
三阇耶说道：那两位骄矜而战狂的大车战士，以箭簇充塞苍穹，如同两团季风雨云铺展天际。此景本已惨厉可怖，而后更增其怖；因为夜幕降临了——婆罗多族中最卓越者啊——笼罩在那些善战而不息的武士之上。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how unchecked martial pride (raṇa-durmada) and escalating violence can turn an already dreadful conflict into something even more terrifying—especially when conditions like nightfall intensify confusion and danger, testing restraint and ethical judgment in war.
Sañjaya describes two elite warriors exchanging such dense volleys of arrows that the sky seems covered, like by monsoon clouds; the battlefield’s horror increases further as night descends upon combatants still pressing the fight.