Shloka 346
शल्यपरिघातः (Śalya Under Encirclement) — Mahābhārata, Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 12
अयोधयन् धर्मराजं मद्रराजपुरस्कृता: । तत्पश्चात् कृपाचार्य, कृतवर्मा और महारथी शकुनि मद्रराज शल्यको आगे करके धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरसे युद्ध करने लगे
sañjaya uvāca | ayodhayann dharmarājaṃ madrarāja-puraskṛtāḥ | tataḥ paścāt kṛpācāryaḥ kṛtavarmā ca mahārathī śakuniḥ madrarājaṃ śalyam agre kṛtvā dharmarājaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram yoddhuṃ pracakramuḥ |
Sañjaya said: “With the king of Madra placed at their head, they engaged Dharmarāja in battle. Thereafter, Kṛpa the preceptor, Kṛtavarmā, and the great chariot-warrior Śakuni—putting the Madra king Śalya in front—set upon Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira to fight him. The scene underscores how, in the chaos of war, even revered elders and famed warriors rally behind a chosen leader to press a concentrated assault against the embodiment of dharma.”
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