Shloka 34
कर्णपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः | Karṇa Parva, Chapter 15: Pāṇḍya’s Advance and Aśvatthāmā’s Counterstroke
इषुधेर्धनुषश्वैव ज्यायाश्वैवाथ मारिष । बाह्दो: कराभ्यामुरसो वदनप्राणनेत्रत:
iṣudher dhanuṣaś caiva jyāyāś caivātha māriṣa | bāhvor karābhyām uraso vadana-prāṇa-netrataḥ ||
三阇耶说道：“尊者啊，那时箭矢仿佛从四面八方涌出——从箭囊与弓上，从弓弦上亦然；甚至从臂、从手、从胸、从面、从气息、从双目之中。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions less as a moral injunction and more as a warning-through-imagery: when warfare escalates beyond restraint, violence appears limitless, as if weapons arise from everywhere. It implicitly contrasts disciplined, dharmic combat with uncontrolled, destructive excess.
Sañjaya describes an overwhelming moment in battle where arrows seem to pour forth not only from weapons like the quiver, bow, and bowstring, but metaphorically from the warrior’s very limbs and senses—arms, hands, chest, face, breath, and eyes—conveying extraordinary intensity and fear.