Shloka 29
शैनेयचरितम्
The Exploits of Śaineya/Sātyaki amid Encirclement
रथं नागं हयं॑ चापि पत्तिनश्न विशाम्पते । एकैकेनेषुणा संख्ये निर्बिभेद महारथ:,प्रजानाथ! महारथी द्रोणने उस युद्धस्थलमें शत्रुसेनाके प्रत्येक रथ, हाथी, अश्व और पैदल सैनिकको एक-एक बाणसे घायल कर दिया
rathaṃ nāgaṃ hayaṃ cāpi pattīṃś ca viśāṃpate | ekaikeneṣuṇā saṅkhye nirbibheda mahārathaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: O lord of the people, that great chariot-warrior, in the thick of battle, struck each enemy unit—chariots, elephants, horses, and foot-soldiers—severally with a single arrow.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how extraordinary skill and focus can make a single warrior decisively effective in war; ethically, it also reminds the reader that such power, when unleashed in battle, intensifies the moral weight of the conflict and the need for dharmic restraint even amid kṣatriya duty.
Sanjaya describes a great warrior on the battlefield who, with one arrow each, strikes the opposing forces across all arms—chariots, elephants, horses, and infantry—showing a sweeping, systematic assault in the midst of the Drona Parva fighting.