Shloka 61
Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 58 — Arjuna’s Arrow-Storm and Relief of Bhīmasena
निषसाद रथोपस्थे वैक्लव्यं च परं॑ ययौ । महाराज! वह महातेजस्वी नाराच उस ब्राह्मणके कंधेपर जा लगा। अभश्वत्थामा युद्धस्थलमें उस बाणके वेगसे व्याकुल हो रथकी बैठकमें धम्मसे बैठ गया और अत्यन्त मूर्च्छित हो गया ।।
sañjaya uvāca | niṣasāda rathopasthe vaiklavyaṃ ca paraṃ yayau | mahārāja! sa mahātejasvī nārācaḥ tasya brāhmaṇasya skandhe ’bhilagnaḥ | aśvatthāmā yuddhasthale tasya bāṇavegena vyākulaḥ san rathasya āsane dhamm iti niṣasāda, atyantaṃ ca mūrcchitaḥ || tataḥ karṇo mahārāja vyākṣipad vijayaṃ dhanuḥ | rājarājeśvara! tataḥ paścāt karṇaḥ samaraṅgaṇe kupito ’rjunaṃ prati punaḥ punaḥ paśyan vijaya-nāmnaḥ dhanuṣaḥ ṭaṅkāram akarot | sa mahāsamare ’rjunena saha dvairatha-yuddhasya abhīlāṣī babhūva ||
三阇耶说：他瘫坐在战车座上，陷入极度无助。那支炽烈的那罗遮箭击中了那位婆罗门的肩头。阿湿婆他摩在战场上被箭势震荡，重重倒在车座上，深深昏厥。随后，大王啊，迦尔那举起名为“胜利”（Vijaya）的神弓。万王之主啊，迦尔那在阵中盛怒，屡屡望向阿周那，使“胜利”弓弦轰然作响——在这场大决战里，他渴望与阿周那来一场车对车的单挑。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights the kṣatriya ideal of steadfastness and the public signaling of intent in war: even amid chaos and injury, warriors assert resolve (through the bow’s ṭaṅkāra) and seek regulated forms of combat (dvairatha), showing how martial ethics tries to impose order on violence.
A powerful narāca arrow strikes a brahmin on the shoulder, and Aśvatthāmā—disturbed by the arrow’s force—collapses unconscious on the chariot-seat. Immediately after, Karṇa, angered, brandishes his bow Vijaya, repeatedly looks toward Arjuna, and twangs the bow to declare his desire for a direct chariot-duel with him.