Shloka 3
Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)
तब अर्जुनने समरभूमिमें तीन बाणोंसे अश्वत्थामाको और दो-दो बाणोंसे अन्य महाधनुर्धरोंको बींध डाला ।। भूयश्वचैव महाराज शरवर्षैरवाकिरत् | शरकण्टकितास्ते तु तावका भरतर्षभ
bhūyaś caiva mahārāja śaravarṣair avākirat | śara-kaṇṭakitās te tu tāvakā bharatarṣabha ||
三阇耶说道：“而后，大王啊，他又以箭雨倾泻其上。汝之勇士，婆罗多族之雄牛，皆为箭矢所簇，如荆棘丛生；被贯穿而震颤。此景昭示：在战斗的狂热中，武勇与决意驱使人不息施暴，而毁灭所积的道德重负亦随之愈加沉重。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the relentless momentum of war: martial excellence can become a force of unchecked escalation. It implicitly invites reflection on kṣatriya duty versus the accumulating ethical cost of widespread harm.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the opposing warrior again unleashes a dense volley of arrows, leaving the Kaurava fighters ‘bristling’ with shafts—an image of their being overwhelmed on the battlefield.