Shloka 49
कर्णपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः | Karṇa Parva, Chapter 15: Pāṇḍya’s Advance and Aśvatthāmā’s Counterstroke
जैसे वज्रधारी इन्द्रने पर्वतोंको विदीर्ण किया था, उसी प्रकार अर्जुनने महान् वेगशाली वज़तुल्य नाराचोंद्वारा अश्वत्थामारूपी महान् शैलको पुन: वेधना आरम्भ किया ।।
yathā vajradhara indraḥ parvatān vidārya, tathā arjuno mahāvegair vajratulyair nārācaiḥ aśvatthāmānam iva mahāśailaṃ punaḥ vedhanaṃ ārabdhavān. tam ācāryasutaḥ kruddhaḥ sāśvayantāram āśugaiḥ yuyutsur āgamat yoddhuṃ; pārthas tān acchinac charān.
三阇耶说道：正如执金刚杵的因陀罗昔日劈裂群山，阿周那又以迅疾如金刚杵的铁箭，开始贯穿那如巨岩峭立的阿湿婆他摩。德罗那之子怒火炽盛，挟疾箭冲来，欲与阿周那及其御者黑天（克里希那）交战；然而帕尔塔将他射来的每一支箭尽皆斩落。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse contrasts rage-driven aggression with disciplined mastery: Aśvatthāmā attacks in anger, while Arjuna responds with controlled precision, cutting down every incoming shaft. Ethically, it highlights how skill and steadiness can restrain the destructive momentum of wrath in the midst of dharma-yuddha.
Sañjaya describes Arjuna piercing Aśvatthāmā with powerful iron arrows, likening Arjuna’s force to Indra splitting mountains. Aśvatthāmā, enraged, advances to fight Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa, firing swift arrows, but Arjuna severs all of them mid-flight.