आयसानि च चक्राणि भुशुण्ड्यः प्रासतोमराः ॥
पतन्त्य् अविरलाः शूलाः शतघ्न्यः पट्टिशास् तथा ॥
तद् उग्रम् अतिरौद्रं च दृष्ट्वा युद्धं नराधिपाः ॥
तनयास् तव कर्णश् च व्यथिताः प्राद्रवन् दिशः ॥
तत्रैको ऽस्त्रबलश्लाघी द्रौणिर् मानी न विव्यथे ॥
व्यधमच् च शरैर् मायां घटोत्कचविनिर्मिताम् ॥
निहतायां तु मायायाम् अमर्षी स घटोत्कचः ॥
विससर्ज शरान् घोरांस् ते ऽश्वत्थामानम् आविशन् ॥
āyasāni ca cakrāṇi bhuśuṇḍyaḥ prāsatomarāḥ ||
patanty aviralāḥ śūlāḥ śataghnyaḥ paṭṭiśās tathā ||
tad ugram atiraudraṃ ca dṛṣṭvā yuddhaṃ narādhipāḥ ||
tanayās tava karṇaś ca vyathitāḥ prādravan diśaḥ ||
tatraiko 'strabalaślāghī drauṇir mānī na vivyathe ||
vyadhamac ca śarair māyāṃ ghaṭotkacavinirmitām ||
nihatāyāṃ tu māyāyām amarṣī sa ghaṭotkacaḥ ||
visasarja śarān ghorāṃs te 'śvatthāmānam āviśan ||
And iron discs, bhushundis, prasas, tomaras, tridents fall thickly, shataghnis and paṭṭiśas as well. Seeing that fierce and most terrible battle, the kings, your sons, and Karna, troubled, scattered in flight. There, alone, proud in the power of astras, Drauni did not waver, and dispelled with his arrows the delusion created by Ghatotkacha. When the delusion had been destroyed, indignant Ghatotkacha loosed dreadful arrows; they lodged in Ashvatthaman.
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
All the kings, and Karna too, flee in terror — only Ashvatthaman does not waver, and he dispels the delusion: one firm heart amid universal panic. It is telling that 'astrabalaślāghī' names him proud not of bodily strength but of mastery over astras, of knowledge. The verse teaches that amid panic there stands one whose courage is rooted in skill and spirit; and where terror drives the many, one who does not waver dispels the very delusion of fear.