Shloka 383
Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)
ज्वलनाशीविषनिभै: शरैश्नैनमवाकिरत् । सब प्रकारके भारोंको सहन करनेमें समर्थ, सुदृढ़ एवं उत्तम धनुषको खींचकर सुरथने अग्नि और विषैले सर्पोके समान भयंकर बाणोंकी वर्षा करके अश्वत्थामाको ढक दिया
sañjaya uvāca | jvalanāśīviṣanibhaiḥ śaraiś cainam avākirat |
三阇耶说道：他以如烈焰、如毒蛇般的箭矢从四面倾洒，将其尽皆覆盖。苏罗他拉满那张坚固而上乘、能承受一切张力的强弓，降下可怖的箭雨，似火焚、似毒蛇噬，将阿湿婆他摩裹入一场兵刃风暴。此景凸显战阵无情的推进：技艺与耐力尽化为毁灭之力，而伦理的自制被战争的苛求所遮蔽。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how martial excellence—strength, endurance, and skill with the bow—can become an instrument of overwhelming harm when war dominates. It implicitly invites reflection on dharma under pressure: even rightful prowess, when driven by battlefield necessity, tends to eclipse restraint and compassion.
Sañjaya describes Suratha drawing his powerful bow and unleashing a dense shower of terrifying arrows, compared to fire and venomous serpents, so that Aśvatthāmā is effectively covered and hemmed in by the missile-storm.