Shloka 2936
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 125: Duryodhana’s despair and vow after Jayadratha’s fall (जयद्रथवधे दुर्योधनविलापः)
दुःशासनस्तु विंशत्या सात्यकिं प्रत्यविध्यत । फिर लोहेके बने हुए तीखी धारवाले आठ बाणोंसे उसे पुनः: घायल कर दिया। तब दुःशासनने भी बीस बाण मारकर सात्यकिको क्षत-विक्षत कर दिया
sañjaya uvāca |
duḥśāsanas tu viṃśatyā sātyakiṃ pratyavidhyat |
Sañjaya said: Duḥśāsana, in the fury of battle, struck Sātyaki with twenty arrows. The exchange reflects the relentless escalation of violence on the battlefield, where valor and vengeance drive warriors to answer injury with injury.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how warfare tends to intensify through retaliation—each wound invites a counter-wound. It implicitly raises the ethical tension in kṣatriya-dharma: courage and duty in battle can coexist with a tragic cycle of escalating harm.
In the Drona Parva battle sequence, Duhshasana attacks Satyaki and pierces him with twenty arrows, as part of a continuing exchange of strikes between opposing warriors.