अष्टभिर् निशितैश् चैव सो ऽश्वत्थामानम् आर्दयत् ॥
विंशत्या पुनर् आहत्य नानारूपैर् अमर्षणम् ॥
विव्याध च तथा सूतं चतुर्भिश् चतुरो हयान् ॥
सो ऽतिविद्धो महेष्वासो नानालिङ्गैर् अमर्षणः ॥
युयुधानेन वै द्रौणिः प्रहसन् वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ॥
aṣṭabhir niśitaiś caiva so 'śvatthāmānam ārdayat ||
viṃśatyā punar āhatya nānārūpair amarṣaṇam ||
vivyādha ca tathā sūtaṃ caturbhiś caturo hayān ||
so 'tividdho maheṣvāso nānāliṅgair amarṣaṇaḥ ||
yuyudhānena vai drauṇiḥ prahasan vākyam abravīt ||
With eight sharp arrows he struck Ashvatthaman, and striking again with twenty more, with varied arrows, the impatient one; and thus he pierced the charioteer, and with four more the four horses. He, heavily pierced, the great archer, impatient under the varied arrows of Yuyudhana [Satyaki] -- Drauni, laughing, spoke these words.
d8a9b401ec1b · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 5:12:46 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The wounded Ashvatthaman answers not with rage but with laughter: behind the smile lies a cold certainty of the outcome. It is telling that the heavier the wounds, the calmer grows one who knows his own strength. The verse teaches that outward composure in the face of pain is a sign of inner strength -- or of fateful coldness; and a warrior's laughter over the one who wounds him forebodes trouble for whoever mistakes that laughter for weakness.