Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 14
अध्याय २२ — अमर्याद-युद्धवर्णन
Unrestrained Battle Description and Śakuni’s Rear Assault
सात्यकिश्लैव राजानं शरेणानतपर्वणा । द्रौपदेयास्त्रिसप्तत्या धर्मराजशक्ष॒ पठचभि:
satyakib blaiva r1j1na bare1nataparva1 |
draupadey1s trisaptaty1 dharmar1jab baka1 pa cabbhi ||
সাত্যকিও অনতপর্ব—কঠিন গাঁটযুক্ত—এক বাণে রাজাকে আঘাত করল। দ্রৌপদেয়রা সত্তর জন এবং ধর্মরাজও পাঁচজন সঙ্গীসহ একযোগে আক্রমণ চাপিয়ে দিলেন।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the grim ethical reality of dharma in wartime: even those aligned with righteousness must act decisively within the obligations of alliance and protection, and battle becomes a collective enterprise where duty is carried out through coordinated force.
Sanjaya reports that S1tyaki wounds a king with a powerful arrow, while the Draupadeyas (Draupad2bs sons) and Dharmar1ja (Yudhi hira), together with five others, advance in a concerted attack amid the ongoing fighting in the aalyaparvan.