Shloka 12
Book 9 (Śalya-parva), Adhyāya 13 — Arjuna’s Arrow-storm and the Drauṇi Confrontation
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत शल्यपर्वमें संकुलयुद्धाविषयक बारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ,भीमसेनस्तु सप्तत्या सात्यकिर्नवभि: शरै:
iti prakāraśrīmahābhārate śalyaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhaviṣayakaḥ dvādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ | bhīmasenas tu saptatyā sātyakir navabhiḥ śaraiḥ ||
So endet im ehrwürdigen Mahābhārata, im Śalya Parva, das zwölfte Kapitel, das von Verwirrung und Getöse der Schlacht handelt. In demselben Zusammenstoß wurde Bhīmasena von siebzig Pfeilen getroffen und Sātyaki von neun — ein Bild der unerbittlichen Gewalt des Krieges, in dem selbst die vornehmsten Kämpfer Leid ertragen müssen, im moralischen Dunkel eines brudermörderischen Konflikts.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as a closing marker (colophon) and underscores the harsh reality of war: even righteous-aligned heroes are wounded. Ethically, it highlights the cost of kṣatriya-duty in a fratricidal conflict—valor persists, yet suffering is unavoidable.
Sañjaya signals the completion of a chapter describing the confusion of battle, then briefly notes battlefield outcomes: Bhīmasena is pierced by seventy arrows and Sātyaki by nine, indicating the intensity of the ongoing combat.