Shloka 9
शल्यस्य पाण्डवसेनापीडनम् — Śalya’s Assault on the Pāṇḍava Host
with Omens and Bhīma’s Counter
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शल्यपर्वमें संकुलयुद्धविषयक नवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
samārcchac citrasenaṃ tu nakulo yuddha-durmadaḥ | tau parasparam āsādya citra-kārmuka-dhāriṇau ||
Sañjaya dit : À cet instant même, Nakula, enivré par l’ardeur du combat, se rua sur Citrasena, fils de Karṇa. Se heurtant de front, ces deux héros—porteurs d’arcs merveilleux—se mirent à se couvrir l’un l’autre de volées de flèches, tels deux grands nuages de pluie venus du sud et du nord, se déversant l’un sur l’autre.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how the momentum of war can inflame pride and fury (durmada), making even skilled warriors mirror destructive forces; it implicitly cautions that valor without restraint easily becomes mutual harm, a moral tension within kṣatriya-dharma.
Nakula attacks Citrasena (Karṇa’s son). The two meet in close combat and exchange dense volleys of arrows, compared to two rain-clouds from opposite directions pouring down torrents.