Shloka 18
शल्य–युधिष्ठिरयुद्धप्रारम्भः
Commencement of the Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Duel
युधिष्टिरं त्रिभिविद्ध्वा भीमसेनं च पठचभि:,माननीय नरेश! मद्रराज शल्यने युद्धस्थलमें युधिष्ठिरको तीन, भीमसेनको पाँच, सात्यकिको सौ और सहदेवको तीन बाणोंसे घायल करके महामनस्वी नकुलके बाणसहित धनुषको क्षुरप्रसे काट डाला। शल्यके बाणोंसे कटा हुआ वह धनुष टूक-टूक होकर बिखर गया
sañjaya uvāca | yudhiṣṭhiraṃ tribhir viddhvā bhīmasenaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ, mānanīya nareśa! madrarājaḥ śalyas tu raṇāṅgaṇe yudhiṣṭhiraṃ tribhir, bhīmasenaṃ pañcabhiḥ, sātyakiṃ śatena, sahadevaṃ tribhir bāṇair viddhvā mahāmanasvinaḥ nakulasya bāṇasahitaṃ dhanuḥ kṣurapreṇa ciccheda | śalyabāṇacchinnaṃ tad dhanuḥ khaṇḍa-khaṇḍaṃ bhūtvā vikirṇaṃ babhūva |
Sañjaya said: O revered king, the Madra ruler Śalya, standing on the battlefield, pierced Yudhiṣṭhira with three arrows and Bhīmasena with five; he struck Sātyaki with a hundred and Sahadeva with three. Then, with a razor-headed shaft, he cut apart Nakula’s bow together with the arrows set upon it. Severed by Śalya’s missiles, that bow shattered into pieces and scattered.
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