Shloka 94
Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)
कृतवर्मा च समरे याज्ञसेनिं महारथम् | विद्ध्वेषुभिस्त्रिसप्तत्या पुनर्विव्याध सप्तभि:,कृतवर्माने समरांगणमें महारथी शिखण्डीको पहले तिहत्तर बाणोंसे घायल करके फिर सात बाणोंसे क्षत-विक्षत कर दिया
kṛtavarmā ca samare yājñaseniṃ mahāratham | viddhv eṣubhis trisaptatyā punar vivyādha saptabhiḥ ||
Sañjaya said: In the thick of battle, Kṛtavarmā struck the great chariot-warrior Śikhaṇḍin (the son of Drupada, called Yājñaseni) with seventy-three arrows; and then, once more, he pierced him with seven additional shafts. The verse underscores the relentless, escalating violence of the war—where prowess is measured in repeated wounding.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in war, skill and resolve manifest as repeated, decisive strikes; ethically, it points to the grim reality of kṣatriya-duty where valor is enacted through harm, and renowned warriors become instruments within a larger, tragic momentum of conflict.
Sañjaya reports that Kṛtavarmā, fighting on the battlefield, wounds the great warrior Śikhaṇḍin with seventy-three arrows and then again with seven more, emphasizing the intensity and dominance of the assault in that moment.