Shloka 19
बाणसंघाननेकान् वै प्रेषयामास भारत । नरेश्वर! भरतनन्दन! उस समय आपके पुत्रने आक्रमण करनेवाले धृष्टद्युम्मपर बहुत-से बाणसमूहोंका प्रहार किया ।। धृष्टद्युम्नस्ततो राजंस्तव पुत्रेण धन्विना,अश्वांश्व चतुरो हत्वा बाह्दोरुरसि चार्पित: । राजन्! आपके धनुर्धर पुत्रने बहुत-से नाराच, अर्ध-नाराच, शीघ्रकारी वत्सदन्त और कारीगरद्वारा साफ किये हुए बाणोंसे धृष्टद्युम्नके चारों घोड़ोंको मारकर उनकी दोनों भुजाओं और छातीमें भी चोट पहुँचायी
sañjaya uvāca | bāṇasaṅghān anekān vai preṣayāmāsa bhārata | nareśvara bharatanandana tadā tava putreṇa ākrāntam dhṛṣṭadyumnam prati bahubhir bāṇasaṅghaiḥ prahāraḥ kṛtaḥ || dhṛṣṭadyumnas tato rājan tava putreṇa dhanvinā aśvān caturaḥ hatvā bāhvor urasi cārpitaḥ | nārācair ardhanārācaiḥ śīghrakāribhir vatsadantaiḥ kārīgaraiḥ śodhitaiś ca bāṇaiḥ ||
Sañjaya said: O Bhārata, O lord of men, O delight of the Bharatas—at that time your son loosed many volleys of arrows, striking at the advancing Dhṛṣṭadyumna. Then, O king, your bowman son slew Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s four horses and also drove arrows into his arms and chest.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights the harsh logic of kṣatriya warfare: skill and duty drive combat forward, but each tactical success (disabling a chariot by killing horses, wounding the warrior) deepens the ethical burden and the tragedy of fratricidal conflict.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Duryodhana (your son) showers Dhṛṣṭadyumna with volleys of arrows, kills his four horses, and wounds him in the arms and chest with various types of well-crafted missiles.