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सैन्धवस् तु तथा विद्धः शरैर् गाण्डीवधन्वना ॥
न चक्षमे सुसंक्रुद्धस् तोत्त्रार्दित इव द्विपः ॥
स वराहध्वजस् तूर्णं गार्ध्रपत्रान् अजिह्मगान् ॥
आशीविषसमप्रख्यान् कर्मारपरिमार्जितान् ॥
मुमोच निशितान् संख्ये सायकान् सव्यसाचिनि ॥
त्रिभिस् तु विद्ध्वा गाण्डीवं नाराचैः षड्भिर् अर्जुनम् ॥
अष्टाभिर् वाजिनो ऽविध्यद् ध्वजं चैकेन पत्रिणा ॥
saindhavas tu tathā viddhaḥ śarair gāṇḍīvadhanvanā ||
na cakṣame susaṃkruddhas tottrārdita iva dvipaḥ ||
sa varāhadhvajas tūrṇaṃ gārdhrapatrān ajihmagān ||
āśīviṣasamaprakhyān karmāraparimārjitān ||
mumoca niśitān saṃkhye sāyakān savyasācini ||
tribhis tu viddhvā gāṇḍīvaṃ nārācaiḥ ṣaḍbhir arjunam ||
aṣṭābhir vājino 'vidhyad dhvajaṃ caikena patriṇā ||
Saindhava, thus pierced by the arrows of the Gandiva-bowman, could not bear it, enraged, like an elephant tormented by the goad. He, with the boar on his banner, swiftly [taking up arrows] feathered with vulture plumes, flying straight, resembling vipers, polished by the smith — piercing the Gandiva with three narachas, Arjuna with six, pierced the horses with eight, and the banner with one feathered shaft.
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The doomed Jayadratha still resists, enraged like an elephant under the goad: even before the inevitable, pride does not lay down its arms. It is telling that he strikes at the bow, the charioteer, the horses, the banner — at everything, seeking a weakness anywhere. The verse teaches that even facing the unavoidable, a person rarely surrenders without a fight; but resistance against an unjust fate only delays the outcome, without averting it.