Shloka 61
शल्यपरिघातः (Śalya Under Encirclement) — Mahābhārata, Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 12
एकैकं पज्चभिर्विद्ध्वा युधिष्ठिरमपीडयत् । सात्यकि, भीमसेन और माद्रीकुमार पाण्डुपुत्र नकुल-सहदेव--इनमेंसे प्रत्येकको पाँच- पाँच बाणोंसे घायल करके वे युधिष्ठिरको पीड़ा देने लगे || ६० $ ।।
ekaikaṃ pañcabhir viddhvā yudhiṣṭhiram apīḍayat | tato bāṇamayaṃ jālaṃ vitataṃ pāṇḍavorasi ||
Sañjaya dijo: Tras herir a cada uno con cinco flechas, comenzó a atormentar a Yudhiṣṭhira. Luego, una red de flechas, extendida como malla, fue tendida sobre el pecho del Pāṇḍava: no sólo para lacerar cuerpos en la batalla, sino para quebrar la resolución del rey mediante el sufrimiento de sus compañeros.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights how warfare targets not only the body but also morale: by injuring companions and then pressing Yudhiṣṭhira, the attacker seeks to destabilize righteous leadership. It implicitly tests the king’s steadiness in dharma amid pain and provocation.
Sañjaya reports that the warrior strikes each of Yudhiṣṭhira’s allies with five arrows and then intensifies the assault on Yudhiṣṭhira, spreading a dense ‘net’ of arrows across the Pandava’s chest, increasing his suffering and pressure in the battle.