Shloka 13
Daśame’hani Bhīṣma-yuddham — Śikhaṇḍī-rakṣaṇa, Arjuna-prabhāva, Duryodhana-āśraya-vākyam
अर्जुनस्तु रणे नादं विनद्य रथिनां वर: । त्रिगर्तराजं समरे सपुत्रं विव्यथे शरै:,तब रथियोंमें श्रेष्ठ अर्जुनने सिंहनाद करके समरांगणमें पुत्रसहित त्रिगर्तराज सुशर्माको अपने बाणोंसे घायल कर दिया
arjunastu raṇe nādaṃ vinadya rathināṃ varaḥ | trigartarājaṃ samare saputraṃ vivyathe śaraiḥ ||
Sanjaya said: Then Arjuna, foremost among chariot-warriors, roared his battle-cry amid the press of combat and, in that encounter, wounded the Trigarta king Susharman together with his sons with a shower of arrows—proclaiming his prowess and checking their fierce advance.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kshatriya ethic of meeting aggression with disciplined strength: Arjuna asserts battlefield leadership through a rallying roar and decisive, targeted action that restrains an advancing enemy force.
Sanjaya reports that Arjuna, renowned among chariot-fighters, sounds a powerful battle-cry and then wounds the Trigarta king Susharman and his sons with arrows during the fight.