Shloka 13
Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 77 — Saindhava resistance, Arjuna’s restraint, and Duḥśalā’s supplication
स शरै: समवच्छन्नक्षुकाशे पाण्डवर्षभ: । पञड्चरान्तरसंचारी शकुन्त इव भारत,भरतनन्दन! बाणोंसे आच्छादित हुए पाण्डवप्रवर अर्जुन पींजड़ेके भीतर फुदकनेवाले पक्षीकी भाँति जान पड़ते थे
sa śaraiḥ samavacchannakṣukāśe pāṇḍavarṣabhaḥ | pañjarāntarasañcārī śakunta iva bhārata bharatanandana ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Arjuna—the bull among the Pāṇḍavas—was covered all over with arrows and hemmed in as though within a narrow space. O Bhārata, O joy of the Bharatas, he looked like a bird darting about inside a cage—an image that reveals both the fury of the assault and the warrior’s endurance: though wounded and constrained, he still moved and resisted, refusing despair and never forsaking his duty.
वैशम्पायन उवाच