Shloka 86
चतुर्भिनिजघानाश्चान् पत्रिभि: कृतवर्मण: । विव्याध गौतमं चापि षड्भिर्भल्लै: सुतेजनै:,तब महारथी राजा युधिष्ठिरने बड़ी उतावलीके साथ चार बाण मारकर कृतवमकि चारों घोड़ोंका संहार कर डाला तथा छ: तेज धारवाले भल्लोंसे कृपाचार्यको भी घायल कर दिया
caturbhir nijaghānāśvān patribhiḥ kṛtavarmaṇaḥ | vivyādha gautamaṃ cāpi ṣaḍbhir bhallaiḥ sutejanaiḥ ||
قال سنجيا: إن الملك يودهيشثيرا صرع خيول كريتافَرمان الأربعة بأربع سهام؛ وبستة سهام «بهلّا» (bhalla) حادّة نافذة طعن أيضًا غوتَما (كِرِبا) فأصابه بجراح. ويُبرز المشهد أخلاق الضرورة القاتمة في ساحة القتال، حيث يُدفَع حتى الملك الرزين إلى عنفٍ حاسم لكبح خصمٍ رهيب.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the tension between personal restraint and kṣatriya-duty: even a dharma-minded king like Yudhiṣṭhira must act swiftly and decisively in war to neutralize threats, illustrating how dharma in battle often operates under harsh necessity rather than ideal gentleness.
In the ongoing battle, Yudhiṣṭhira targets Kṛtavarman’s mobility by killing his four horses with four arrows, then turns to Kṛpa (called Gautama) and wounds him with six sharp bhalla arrows, marking a forceful counterattack against prominent Kaurava warriors.