Shloka 37
राजन्! तदनन्तर धृष्टद्युम्नने प्रजलित अग्निके समान तेजस्वी द्रोणपुत्रको तिरसठ बाणोंसे बींध डाला ।। सारथिं चास्य विंशत्या स्वर्णपुड्खै: शिलाशितै: । हयांश्व चतुरो<विध्यच्चतुर्भिनिशितै: शरै:
sañjaya uvāca |
rājan! tadanantaraṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnena prajvalitāgnisama-tejasvinā droṇaputro triṣaṣṭibhir bāṇair viddhaḥ ||
sārathiṃ cāsya viṃśatyā svarṇapuṅkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ |
hayāṃś ca caturo ’vidhyac caturbhi niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ||
Sañjaya said: O King, thereafter Dhṛṣṭadyumna—blazing with fire-like splendor—pierced Droṇa’s son (Aśvatthāmā) with sixty-three arrows. He also struck his charioteer with twenty shafts, their stems adorned with gold and whetted on stone; and he wounded the four horses with four keen arrows.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma as expressed in war: decisive action, tactical targeting (warrior, charioteer, horses), and unwavering engagement in one’s assigned duty, even when it entails harsh violence.
Dhrishtadyumna attacks Aśvatthāmā (Droṇa’s son), piercing him with sixty-three arrows, then striking his charioteer with twenty gold-adorned, stone-sharpened arrows, and finally wounding the four horses with four sharp shafts—an attempt to weaken his opponent’s fighting capacity and mobility.