Shloka 2
विनिर्भिन्ना: शितैर्बाणैर्गदातोमरशक्तिभि: । अश्वत्थामा कृपश्चैव कृतवर्मा च सात्वत:
vinirbhinnāḥ śitair bāṇair gadātomaraśaktibhiḥ | aśvatthāmā kṛpaś caiva kṛtavarmā ca sātvatāḥ ||
三阇耶说道：他们被锐箭洞穿，又遭棍槌、托摩罗长矛（tomara）与沙克提投枪（śakti）击中；阿湿婆他摩、克利波与萨特瓦塔族的克利多跋摩，皆伤势沉重。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the brutal impartiality of war: even renowned warriors are reduced to wounded bodies under a rain of weapons. Implicitly, it warns that when conflict escalates beyond restraint, suffering multiplies and dharma becomes harder to uphold amid rage and retaliation.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that key Kaurava-aligned fighters—Aśvatthāmā, Kṛpa, and Kṛtavarmā—have been grievously pierced and struck by various weapons (arrows, maces, spears, javelins) during the ongoing battle.