Shloka 423
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 94: Sātyaki–Sudarśana Yuddha (सात्यकि–सुदर्शन युद्ध)
विव्याध चैनं सप्तत्या नाराचानां महाबल: । साथ ही उन महारथी एवं महाबली वीरने उनके घोड़ों और सारथिको भी शीघ्रतापूर्वक मार डाला और सत्तर नाराचोंसे श्रुतायुधको भी घायल कर दिया
vivyādha cainaṃ saptatyā nārācānāṃ mahābalaḥ |
সঞ্জয় ক’লে—সেই মহাবলীয়ে তেওঁক সত্তৰটা নাৰাচ বাণে বিদ্ধ কৰিলে। লগতে সেই মহাৰথী, মহাবলী বীৰে তৎক্ষণাৎ তেওঁৰ ঘোঁৰা আৰু সাৰথিকো বধ কৰি, সত্তৰ নাৰাচে শ্ৰুতায়ুধকো আহত কৰিলে।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the harsh ethical reality of kṣatriya warfare: victory often depends on strategic disabling of an opponent’s means (horses, charioteer, chariot-function) as much as direct combat, underscoring how dharma in war operates within severe constraints and consequences.
Sañjaya reports a battlefield episode in which a powerful warrior strikes an opponent with seventy nārāca arrows; in the same sequence, the opponent’s horses and charioteer are quickly killed, and Śrutāyudha is also wounded by seventy nārācas.