Shloka 25
आपूर्यते कौरवी चाप्यभीक्षणं सेना हासौ सुभृशं हन्यमाना । धनंजयस्याशनितुल्यवेगै- ग्रेस््ता शरै: काउचनबर्हिबाजै:
āpūryate kauravī cāpy abhīkṣṇaṁ senā hāsau subhṛśaṁ hanyamānā | dhanaṁjayasya aśanitulya-vegair agreṣṭhaiḥ śaraiḥ kāñcana-barhibājaiḥ ||
毗摩塞那说道：“一次又一次，俱卢军被压倒、被淹没；在无休止的惨烈打击下，它发出震天的哀号。因为檀那阇耶的上乘箭矢——疾如霹雳，饰以黄金，羽以孔雀翎——正在将其碾碎。”
भीमसेन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the overwhelming force of disciplined martial skill and its immediate moral consequence: mass suffering. It implicitly reminds the listener that prowess in war, even when aligned with one’s side, produces real anguish—an ethical tension central to the Mahābhārata’s portrayal of kṣatriya-dharma.
Bhīma describes the battlefield situation: Arjuna (Dhanañjaya) is releasing superb, thunderbolt-swift arrows—gold-adorned and peacock-fletched—by which the Kaurava army is repeatedly battered and cries out in distress.