संजय उवाच
प्रतिघातं तु सैन्यस्य नामृष्यत वृकोदरः ॥
सो ऽभिनद् बाह्लिकं षष्ट्या कर्णं च दशभिः शरैः ॥
तस्य द्रोणः शितैर् बाणैस् तीक्ष्णधारैर् अयस्मयैः ॥
जीवितान्तम् अभिप्रेप्सुर् मर्मण्य् आशु जघान ह ॥
कर्णो द्वादशभिर् बाणैर् अश्वत्थामा च सप्तभिः ॥
षड्भिर् दुर्योधनो राजा तत एनम् अवाकिरत् ॥
saṃjaya uvāca
pratighātaṃ tu sainyasya nāmṛṣyata vṛkodaraḥ ||
so 'bhinad bāhlikaṃ ṣaṣṭyā karṇaṃ ca daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ ||
tasya droṇaḥ śitair bāṇais tīkṣṇadhārair ayasmayaiḥ ||
jīvitāntam abhiprepsur marmaṇy āśu jaghāna ha ||
karṇo dvādaśabhir bāṇair aśvatthāmā ca saptabhiḥ ||
ṣaḍbhir duryodhano rājā tata enam avākirat ||
Bhima could not bear the counterattack on his own host: he wounded Bahlika with sixty arrows, and Karna with ten arrows. Drona, seeking his destruction, at once struck him swiftly in the vital spot with sharp, keen-edged, iron arrows. Karna then showered him with twelve arrows, Ashvatthaman with seven, and king Duryodhana with six.
c0064207c365 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:22:09 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Bhima alone draws the blows of four foremost warriors at once — Drona, Karna, Ashvatthaman, Duryodhana. This shows both his terrible power, against which so many mighty men are needed, and the danger of solitary fury, which draws down all the enemy's fire upon itself. It is telling that Drona directly "seeks his destruction," aiming at the vital spot — this is a fight to the death. The verse teaches that excessive courage in one who cannot bear an insult can gather against him all the strength of the foe; that a warrior's greatness is measured also by how many mighty men are sent against him alone; and that anger unrestrained by prudence exposes the brave man to attack from every side — his valor is great, but so is the risk beyond measure.