Shloka 39
वह देखिये, किरीटधारी अर्जुनने समरांगणमें सारथि और घोड़ोंसहित इन चार सौ रथियोंको मार डाला तथा अपने विशाल बाणोंद्वारा सात सौ हाथियों, बहुत-से पैदलों, घुड़सवारों और अनेकानेक रथोंका संहार कर डाला ।।
ayaṁ samabhyeti tavāntikaṁ balī nighnan kurūñ chitra iva graho 'rjunaḥ | samṛddhakāmo 'si hatās tavāhitā balaṁ tavāyuś ca cirāya vardhatām ||
且看：戴冠的勇者阿周那（基里廷）在战场上诛灭这四百乘车战之士，连同御者与战马一并斩尽；又以其宏伟劲箭，屠落七百战象，并歼众多步卒、骑兵与无数战车。如今，这位强盛的阿周那如奇异星辰循轨而行，边行边戮库鲁之众，正逼近你前。你的心愿已遂——你的仇敌已被诛灭。愿你的威力与寿命长久增长。
विशोक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as a battlefield benediction and a rhetorical affirmation of martial success: the speaker frames Arjuna’s unstoppable advance as the fulfillment of the addressee’s aim, then blesses the addressee with enduring strength and life. Ethically, it reflects the epic’s kṣatriya-war idiom where victory and the destruction of foes are praised as the completion of a chosen objective.
In the Karṇa Parva battle sequence, Arjuna is described as annihilating large numbers of enemy units—chariot-warriors with their charioteers and horses, as well as elephants, infantry, cavalry, and many chariots—and then advancing toward the addressed leader. The speaker compares Arjuna’s approach to the striking movement of a celestial body (graha) and declares that the addressee’s enemies have been slain.