Mahabharata 7.126.32 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 126, Shloka 32
Droṇa’s Rebuke to Duryodhana after Jayadratha’s Fall (द्रोणेन दुर्योधनं प्रति प्रत्युक्तिः)
स भीमसेनं दशभि: शरैरविव्याध पाण्डवम्
sa bhīmasenaṃ daśabhiḥ śarair avivyādha pāṇḍavam
Dijo Sañjaya: Luego hirió a Bhīmasena, el Pāṇḍava, atravesándolo con diez flechas—imagen de la escalada implacable del combate, donde la destreza se mide por la contención y la firmeza en medio de la violencia.
संजय उवाच
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The verse underscores the kṣatriya world of the epic: duty-bound confrontation where endurance and steadiness under attack become moral tests, even as violence intensifies.
In Sañjaya’s battlefield report, an unnamed warrior strikes Bhīma with ten arrows, indicating a direct exchange of missile-weapons and the mounting pressure of the fight.
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