Mahabharata 7.99.29 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 99, Shloka 29
अध्याय ९९ — युयुधान-दुःशासन-युद्धम्
Chapter 99: Sātyaki and Duḥśāsana’s engagement
जैसे वनमें मांसकी इच्छा रखनेवाला बाज झपट्टा मारता है, उसी प्रकार द्रोणको मार डालनेकी इच्छासे उनपर धृष्टद्युम्मका यह सहसा आक्रमण हुआ था ।।
tataḥ śaraśatenāsya śatacandraṃ samākṣipat | droṇo drupadaputrasya khaḍgaṃ ca daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ ||
Dijo Sañjaya: Entonces Droṇa, con cien flechas, abatió el escudo del hijo de Drupada—adornado con cien emblemas de luna—y con diez saetas más hizo añicos también su espada. En la severa ética del combate, esto es una muestra de maestría destinada a desarmar al adversario: no sólo herir, sino arrebatarle el medio de matar, afirmando la superioridad táctica en un instante de intención mortal.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the warrior ethic where superior skill is used to neutralize danger efficiently—here by disarming. It suggests that in dharmic warfare, mastery can be expressed not only through killing but through decisive control of the opponent’s capacity to harm.
In the clash between Droṇa and Dṛṣṭadyumna, Droṇa fires a concentrated volley: he knocks down Dṛṣṭadyumna’s shield decorated with moon-emblems and then breaks his sword with ten arrows, leaving him momentarily weaponless.
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