Shloka 1
(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके ८ ३ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ४४३ “लोक हैं।) भीकम (2 अमान ग्रय्शीतितमो<ध्याय: भीमद्वारा दुःशासनका रक्तपान और उसका वध
sañjaya uvāca | tatrākarod duṣkaraṃ rājaputro duḥśāsanas tumulaṃ yuddhyamānaḥ | ciccheda bhīmasya dhanuḥ śareṇa ṣaṣṭyā śaraiḥ sārathim apy avidhyat |
قال سنجيا: أيها الملك، هناك، في خضمّ ذلك القتال الصاخب، أظهر الأمير دُحشاسانا بطولةً عسيرة المنال. بسهمٍ واحد قطع قوس بهيما، وبستين سهماً أصاب حتى سائق مركبته أيضاً.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Martial excellence (śaurya/kaushala) is ethically neutral by itself; in the Mahābhārata it becomes morally meaningful only when aligned with dharma. Duhśāsana’s impressive skill is narrated without endorsing his cause, reminding the listener that power used in an unrighteous trajectory deepens the tragedy of war.
In the thick of battle, Duhśāsana performs a striking act of archery: he severs Bhīma’s bow with one arrow and then wounds Bhīma’s charioteer with sixty arrows, intensifying the combat and setting up Bhīma’s retaliatory fury later in the episode.