Shloka 16
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 25 — Bhīma’s Disruption of Elephant Formations and Bhagadatta’s Shock Advance
तं धर्मराजो बहुभिम्मर्मभिद्धिरवाकिरत् । मद्रेशस्तं चतुःषष्ट्या शरैरविद्ध्वानदद् भूशम्,धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरने शल्यपर बहुत-से मर्मभेदी बाणोंकी वर्षा की। तब मद्रराज भी चौंसठ बाणोंद्वारा युधिष्ठिरको घायल करके जोर-जोरसे गर्जना करने लगे
sa jaya uv01ca |
ta dharmar01jo bahubhir marmabhidbhir av01kirat |
madre5bas ta catu5bay01 5barair aviddhv01 nadad bh6b5bam ||
Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira überschüttete Śalya, den König von Madra, mit vielen Pfeilen, die lebenswichtige Stellen trafen. Śalya, der Herr von Madra, durchbohrte daraufhin Yudhiṣṭhira mit vierundsechzig Geschossen und brüllte dann laut auf.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a ruler devoted to dharma may be compelled to fight when bound by kshatriya responsibility; the verse highlights the tragic tension between righteousness and the unavoidable violence of war, where skill and aggression (Shalyabcs roar) can momentarily overshadow moral restraint.
In the Drona Parva battle sequence, Yudhishthira attacks Shalya with a heavy volley of vital-point-piercing arrows; Shalya retaliates by striking Yudhishthira with sixty-four arrows and then roars loudly in triumph or challenge.