Shloka 20
Adhyāya 16: Saṃśaptaka-vrata and the Diversion of Arjuna (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय १६)
तमाविध्यच्छितैर्बाणै: कड़कपन्रैर्युधिष्िर: । तस्य द्रोणो धनुश्कछित्त्वा तं द्रुतं समुपाद्रवत्,युधिष्ठिरने गीधकी पाँखोंसे युक्त पैने बार्णोद्वारा द्रोणाचार्यको बींध डाला। तब द्रोणाचार्यने उनका धनुष काटकर बड़े वेगसे उनपर आक्रमण किया
tam āvidhyac chita-bāṇaiḥ kaḍakaparṇair yudhiṣṭhiraḥ | tasya droṇo dhanuś chittvā taṃ drutaṃ samupādravat ||
যুধিষ্ঠিৰে গৃধ্ৰৰ পাখিৰ দৰে পাখিযুক্ত তীক্ষ্ণ বাণে দ্ৰোণাচাৰ্যক বিদ্ধ কৰিলে। তেতিয়া দ্ৰোণে তেওঁৰ ধনু কাটি দ্ৰুত বেগে তেওঁৰ ওপৰত ধাৱিত হ’ল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the harsh dharma of war: personal reverence (toward a teacher like Droṇa) does not suspend a kṣatriya’s obligation to fight when justice and survival are at stake; skill and decisiveness become moral necessities in a righteous conflict.
Yudhiṣṭhira strikes Droṇa with sharp, well-feathered arrows. Droṇa responds tactically by cutting Yudhiṣṭhira’s bow and immediately charging him, shifting the encounter from ranged exchange to direct pressure.