Shloka 363
दुर्योधन: प्रत्यविध्यत् कुपितो दशभि: शरै: । तत्पश्चात् कुपित हुए दुर्योधनने धनुषको पूर्णतः खींचकर छोड़े गये दस बाणोंद्वारा रणदुर्मद सात्यकिको घायल कर दिया
sañjaya uvāca | duryodhanaḥ pratyavidhyat kupito daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ |
Sañjaya said: Enraged, Duryodhana struck back, piercing his foe with ten arrows. In the fierce press of battle, his wrath found expression through disciplined archery, wounding the battle-intoxicated Sātyaki and driving the conflict onward through retaliation rather than restraint.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) quickly turns into retaliatory violence: even skilled action becomes ethically narrowed when driven by rage, reinforcing the epic’s broader warning that wrath fuels escalation and suffering in war.
Sañjaya narrates that Duryodhana, provoked and furious, counterattacks by shooting ten arrows, thereby wounding Sātyaki amid the ongoing battle in the Droṇa Parva.