Shloka 126
प्रपीडयन् महात्मानं विव्याध रणमूर्थनि । भीमसेनने सात्यकिके लिये महात्मा बाह्नीकको पीड़ित करते हुए युद्धके मुहानेपर उन्हें नौ बाणोंसे घायल कर दिया
prapīḍayan mahātmānaṃ vivyādha raṇamūrdhani | bhīmasenena sātyakike liye mahātmā bāhnīkaḥ pīḍitaḥ kṛtvā yuddhasya mukhe tān nava-bāṇaiḥ kṣatān cakāra ||
Sañjaya said: Pressing hard upon that great warrior, he struck him at the very forefront of the battle. In the clash involving Bhīmasena and Sātyaki, the noble Bāhnīka, though himself under strain, wounded his opponent with nine arrows at the mouth of the fight.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores kṣatriya-dharma in its starkest form: steadfastness at the battlefront and the capacity to act decisively even while oneself is afflicted. It also hints at the ethical tension of war—heroism is intertwined with causing injury, and endurance becomes a moral test within the epic’s tragic setting.
Sañjaya describes a moment in the Drona Parva battle where Bāhnīka, bearing down on a great warrior at the front line, wounds him with nine arrows. The narration situates this action amid the broader fighting involving Bhīma and Sātyaki.