Shloka 1236
Book 9 (Śalya-parva), Adhyāya 13 — Arjuna’s Arrow-storm and the Drauṇi Confrontation
धर्मराजस्तथा षष्ट्या गात्रे शल्यं समार्पयत् । तत्पश्चात् भीमसेनने सत्तर, सात्यकिने नौ और धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरने साठ बाणोंसे शल्यके शरीरको चोट पहुँचायी
sañjaya uvāca | dharmarājas tathā ṣaṣṭyā gātre śalyaṃ samārpayat | tatpaścāt bhīmasenena saptatyā sātyakine navabhiḥ dharmarājā yudhiṣṭhirena ṣaṣṭyā bāṇaiḥ śalyasya śarīraṃ samāhatam |
Sanjaya said: King Yudhiṣṭhira struck Śalya’s body with sixty arrows. After that, Bhīmasena wounded him with seventy, Sātyaki with nine, and Yudhiṣṭhira again with sixty. In the grim discipline of battle, the Pāṇḍavas pressed their assault with measured resolve, subordinating personal feeling to the harsh demands of duty in war.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the righteous (Dharmaraja) may be compelled to act forcefully when bound by kṣatriya-dharma; the episode highlights disciplined action under duty in a tragic war, rather than personal hatred as the guiding motive.
Sanjaya reports a sequence of coordinated attacks on King Śalya: Yudhiṣṭhira hits him with sixty arrows, then Bhīma with seventy, Sātyaki with nine, and Yudhiṣṭhira again with sixty—showing sustained pressure in the battlefield exchange.