Shloka 326
Adhyāya 108 — Nimitta-darśana and Drona’s counsel amid Arjuna’s advance (निमित्तदर्शनं द्रोणोपदेशश्च)
माद्रीपुत्री च सम्भ्रान्ती द्वाभ्यां द्वाभ्यामताडयत् । (पुनः स बहुभिर्बाणैराजघान युधिष्ठिरम् ।) इसके बाद दो-दो बाणोंसे उन्होंने उत्तम कुलमें उत्पन्न माद्रीकुमारोंको घायल किया तथा अनेक बाणोंद्वारा राजा युधिष्ठिरको भी पुनः चोट पहुँचायी
mādrīputrī ca sambhrāntī dvābhyāṁ dvābhyām atāḍayat | (punaḥ sa bahubhir bāṇair ājaghāna yudhiṣṭhiram |)
Sañjaya said: In the tumult of battle he struck the sons of Mādrī—those noble-born princes—two arrows at a time, wounding them; and again he assailed King Yudhiṣṭhira with many shafts. The passage underscores the relentless escalation of violence in war, where even the most righteous are subjected to repeated injury, testing endurance and steadfastness in dharma amid chaos.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how the chaos of war repeatedly tests even the dharmic: endurance, composure, and commitment to duty are strained when violence escalates and injury returns again and again.
In the ongoing battle, a warrior (referred to as 'he') wounds Mādrī’s two sons with pairs of arrows and then again strikes King Yudhiṣṭhira with many arrows, as Sañjaya reports the unfolding combat.