Shloka 116
Book 9 (Śalya-parva), Adhyāya 13 — Arjuna’s Arrow-storm and the Drauṇi Confrontation
विव्याध भृशसंक्रुद्धस्तं वै भूयस्त्रिभि: शरै: । साथ ही अत्यन्त कुपित होकर उन्होंने झुकी हुई गाँठवाले बाणसे उनके सारथिको भी पीट दिया और उन्हें भी पुनः तीन बाणोंसे घायल किया
vivyādha bhṛśa-saṅkruddhas taṃ vai bhūyas tribhiḥ śaraiḥ |
Sañjaya sprach: In heftigem Zorn durchbohrte er jenen Mann erneut mit drei Pfeilen. Im selben Ansturm der Wut traf er auch den Wagenlenker des Gegners mit gekrümmten, knotigen Geschossen und verwundete auch ihn abermals mit drei Pfeilen.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how uncontrolled anger (krodha) escalates harm in war, extending violence even to supporting figures like charioteers; it implicitly contrasts disciplined kṣatriya conduct with rage-driven excess.
Sañjaya reports that a warrior, intensely enraged, strikes his opponent again with three arrows, and then also attacks the opponent’s charioteer, wounding him as well—depicting a rapid, retaliatory exchange in the chariot-battle setting.