Shloka 21
Droṇavadha-saṃniveśaḥ — The Convergence Toward Droṇa’s Fall
Book 7, Chapter 164
तब रणक्षेत्रमें कुपित हुए सात्यकिने भी तीखे क्षुरप्र नामक भल्लसे धनुर्धर सोमदत्तके धनुषको काट दिया ।। अथैनं रुक्मपुड्खानां शतेन नतपर्वणाम् | आचिनोद् बहुधा राजन् भग्नदंष्टमिव द्विपम्,राजन! तत्पश्चात् उन्होंने झुकी हुई गाँठ और सुवर्णमय पंखवाले सौ बाणोंसे टूटे दाँतवाले हाथीके समान सोमदत्तके शरीरको अनेक बार बींध दिया
atha enaṁ rukmapuṅkhānāṁ śatena nataparvaṇām | ācinod bahudhā rājan bhagnadaṁṣṭram iva dvipam ||
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে— তাৰ পিছত ৰণমধ্যত ক্ৰুদ্ধ সাত্যকিয়ে তীক্ষ্ণ ক্ষুৰপ্ৰেৰে সোমদত্তৰ ধনু ছেদ কৰিলে। তাৰ পাছত, হে ৰাজন, নত-সন্ধিযুক্ত আৰু স্বৰ্ণপুঙ্খ শত শৰৰে ভগ্নদন্ত গজৰ ন্যায় সোমদত্তক বহুবাৰ বিদ্ধ কৰিলে।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in war, anger and duty can drive relentless force against a weakened opponent; it implicitly warns that martial prowess is fragile and that combat often escalates beyond restraint once fury takes hold.
Sātyaki attacks Somadatta with a volley of one hundred gold-feathered, jointed arrows, piercing him repeatedly; Somadatta is compared to a tusk-broken elephant, emphasizing his battered, vulnerable state under sustained assault.