Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 9
अध्याय २२ — अमर्याद-युद्धवर्णन
Unrestrained Battle Description and Śakuni’s Rear Assault
युधिष्ठिरें शतेनाजौ विव्याध भरतर्षभ । भीमसेनं च सप्तत्या सहदेवं च पठचभि:
yudhiṣṭhireṇa śatenājau vivyādha bharatarṣabha | bhīmasenaṃ ca saptatyā sahadevaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ ||
Sañjaya sprach: O Stier unter den Bharatas, mitten im Kampf durchbohrte er Yudhiṣṭhira mit hundert Pfeilen; Bhīmasena traf er mit siebzig und Sahadeva mit fünf.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the disciplined, quantified nature of kṣatriya warfare—skill expressed through precise strikes—while the broader epic context reminds the listener that such prowess operates within the heavy moral burden of fratricidal conflict.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a warrior in the battle (the subject implied from surrounding verses) wounds the Pāṇḍava leaders: Yudhiṣṭhira with 100 arrows, Bhīma with 70, and Sahadeva with 5.