Shloka 303
शल्यस्य पाण्डवसेनापीडनम् — Śalya’s Assault on the Pāṇḍava Host
with Omens and Bhīma’s Counter
द्वाभ्यां द्वाभ्यां महाराज शराभ्यां रणमूर्थनि । महाराज! माद्रीके प्रतापी पुत्र नकुलने बिना किसी घबराहटके युद्धके मुहानेपर दो-दो बाणोंसे उन दोनों भाइयोंको घायल कर दिया
dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ mahārāja śarābhyāṃ raṇamūrdhani |
Sañjaya said: O King, on the very forefront of the battlefield, he struck them—two by two—with arrows, wounding both brothers. O Maharaja, Nakula, the valiant son of Mādrī, without the least alarm at the mouth of war, hurt those two brothers with paired shafts. The scene shows war’s relentless precision: courage and skill displayed without hesitation, while the moral weight of harming one’s own kin lies unspoken within the larger tragedy of Kurukṣetra.
संजय उवाच