Shloka 46
ततो द्रोणो महाराज पार्षतस्य महद् धनु: । छित्त्वा पज्चाशतेषूणां पार्षते समविध्यत,महाराज! तत्पश्चात् द्रोणाचार्यने धृष्ट्युम्मके विशाल धनुषको काटकर पचास बाणोंद्वारा उन्हें बीध डाला
tato droṇo mahārāja pārṣatasya mahad dhanuḥ | chittvā pañcāśateṣūṇāṃ pārṣate samavidhyat ||
قال سنجيا: ثم إن درونا، أيها الملك، قطع القوس العظيم لابن بارصَتَة (دْهْرِشْتَديومنَ)، وبعد ذلك طعنه بخمسين سهمًا.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the battlefield ethic of first neutralizing an opponent’s capacity to fight (cutting the bow) and then striking—illustrating how kṣatriya-duty and tactical necessity can override personal sentiment, even as it raises ethical tension about proportionality and compassion in war.
Sañjaya reports that Droṇa severs Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s bow and then wounds him with fifty arrows, marking a decisive moment of domination in their combat during the Kurukṣetra war.