Shloka 28
कर्णार्जुनयुद्ध-प्रवृत्तिः
Renewal of the Karṇa–Arjuna Engagement at Day’s End
ते पाण्डुयोधाम्बुधरै: शत्रुद्विरदपर्वता: । बाणवर्ष्िता: पेतुर्वज़वर्षरिवाचला:
te pāṇḍu-yodhāmbudharaiḥ śatru-dvirada-parvatāḥ | bāṇa-varṣitāḥ petur vajra-varṣa-rivācalāḥ ||
三阇耶说道：被般度勇士所放的箭雨所击——如雨云倾泻——敌方那些象一般的豪杰、山岳般的巨擘，纷纷倒下，仿佛群山也在霹雳金刚的暴雨中崩塌。此颂以宇宙般的意象描绘战场暴烈，指出武力一旦尽释，足以倾覆最强者；而战争使骄矜之力顷刻化为败亡。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Through the simile of thunderbolts felling mountains, the verse highlights the fragility of worldly might: even those who seem unshakable can be brought down when destructive forces are unleashed. It implicitly cautions that war magnifies power into catastrophe, turning pride and strength into sudden downfall.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield where Pāṇḍava fighters, compared to rainclouds, pour down volleys of arrows. The enemy’s great champions—likened to elephant-mountains—are struck by this arrow-rain and collapse, as though mountains were shattered by a storm of Indra’s thunderbolts.