Shloka 33
तेषां द्रुपदपौत्राणां त्रयाणां निशितै: शरै:
teṣāṁ drupadapautrāṇāṁ trayāṇāṁ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ
Sañjaya sprach: Mit scharfen, rasiermesserspitzigen Pfeilen streckte er jene drei Enkel Drupadas nieder — eine Tat, die die moralische Finsternis der Schlacht vertieft, denn weder Herkunft noch Jugend gewähren Schutz, wenn Zorn und Vergeltung das Regiment führen.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The line underscores how, in war driven by anger and retaliation, even the young and well-born become vulnerable; it invites reflection on the ethical collapse that can accompany unchecked vengeance, despite the formal frame of kṣatriya duty.
Sañjaya reports that three grandsons of King Drupada are being struck with sharp arrows—an episode within the Drona Parva’s escalating slaughter, where prominent lineages suffer grievous losses.