शल्यं च बाणवर्षेण समीपस्थम् अवाकिरत् ॥
उदक्रोशन् महाबाहुस् तव सैन्यानि भीषयन् ॥
ततः स विद्धो ऽस्त्रविदा मर्मभिद्भिर् अजिह्मगैः ॥
शल्यो राजन् रथोपस्थे निषसाद मुमोह च ॥
तं हि विद्धं तथा दृष्ट्वा सौभद्रेण यशस्विना ॥
संप्राद्रवच् चमूः सर्वा भारद्वाजस्य पश्यतः ॥
śalyaṃ ca bāṇavarṣeṇa samīpastham avākirat ||
udakrośan mahābāhus tava sainyāni bhīṣayan ||
tataḥ sa viddho 'stravidā marmabhidbhir ajihmagaiḥ ||
śalyo rājan rathopasthe niṣasāda mumoha ca ||
taṃ hi viddhaṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā saubhadreṇa yaśasvinā ||
saṃprādravac camūḥ sarvā bhāradvājasya paśyataḥ ||
And Shalya, who stood nearby, he showered with a rain of arrows; the mighty-armed one raised a shout, striking terror into your armies. Then Shalya, wounded by the master of weapons with straight-flying arrows that struck the vital points, O king, sank down on the platform of his chariot and fell into a swoon. Seeing him so wounded by the glorious son of Subhadra, the whole host broke into flight before the eyes of Drona.
4c281e07527a · publicado 19 jul 2026, 15:22:09 UTC
Disponible enRUENPasa de verso en verso con
The boy strikes down into unconsciousness Shalya too -- another of the most fearsome; and the whole host flees 'before the eyes of Drona,' powerless to halt the rout. Thus the limit of his triumph shows itself: a child puts to flight an entire army before the very orchestrator of its formation. It is telling that Drona only 'watches' -- the master of battle array cannot hold together a scattering host. The verse teaches that the valor of one can shake an entire army, however firmly arrayed; that a flight which seizes the many cannot be stopped even by the greatest commander once the spirit is broken; and that in this triumph of the boy, felling the mightiest and putting the host to flight before a powerless Drona, his valor reaches its zenith -- after which, as we know, its decline will follow.