Shloka 22
Śalya–Bhīma Gadā-saṃnipāta and Śalya’s Bāṇa-jāla against Yudhiṣṭhira
Book 9, Chapter 11
द्रौपदेयांस्तथा सर्वान् माद्रीपुत्रौी च पाण्डवौ । धृष्टद्युम्नं च शैनेयं शिखण्डिनमथापि च,महाबली शल्यने भीमसेन, द्रौपदीके सभी पुत्र, माद्रीकुमार नकुल-सहदेव, धृष्टद्युम्न, सात्यकि तथा शिखण्डी--इनमेंसे प्रत्येकको शिलापर तेज किये हुए सुवर्णमय पंखवाले दस-दस बाणोंसे घायल कर दिया। तत्पश्चात् वे वर्षाकालमें जल बरसानेवाले इन्द्रके समान बाणोंकी वृष्टि करने लगे
sañjaya uvāca |
draupadeyāṁs tathā sarvān mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau |
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṁ ca śaineyaṁ śikhaṇḍinam athāpi ca ||
Sañjaya said: He struck all the sons of Draupadī, and the two Pāṇḍava brothers born of Mādrī, as well as Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Śaineya (Sātyaki), and Śikhaṇḍin. Wounding each of them with ten arrows—golden-winged and sharpened upon the whetstone—he then began to pour forth a rain of shafts, like Indra sending down torrents in the season of rains.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the relentless force of battle and the kṣatriya ideal of martial prowess, while implicitly reminding the listener that even justified warfare carries ethical gravity: violence falls upon relatives and allies, and victory is pursued through disciplined, concentrated action.
Sañjaya reports that a powerful warrior strikes key Pāṇḍava-side fighters—Draupadī’s sons, Nakula and Sahadeva, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Sātyaki, and Śikhaṇḍin—each with ten arrows, and then unleashes a dense barrage of arrows likened to Indra’s monsoon rain.