Shloka 1236
Book 9 (Śalya-parva), Adhyāya 13 — Arjuna’s Arrow-storm and the Drauṇi Confrontation
धर्मराजस्तथा षष्ट्या गात्रे शल्यं समार्पयत् । तत्पश्चात् भीमसेनने सत्तर, सात्यकिने नौ और धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरने साठ बाणोंसे शल्यके शरीरको चोट पहुँचायी
sañjaya uvāca | dharmarājas tathā ṣaṣṭyā gātre śalyaṃ samārpayat | tatpaścāt bhīmasenena saptatyā sātyakine navabhiḥ dharmarājā yudhiṣṭhirena ṣaṣṭyā bāṇaiḥ śalyasya śarīraṃ samāhatam |
Sanjaya berkata: Raja Yudhiṣṭhira menghantam tubuh Śalya dengan enam puluh anak panah. Sesudah itu Bhīmasena melukainya dengan tujuh puluh, Sātyaki dengan sembilan, dan Dharma-raja kembali dengan enam puluh anak panah. Dalam disiplin dharma-perang yang keras, para Pāṇḍava menekan serangan dengan tekad terukur, menundukkan rasa pribadi pada tuntutan kewajiban di medan laga.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the righteous (Dharmaraja) may be compelled to act forcefully when bound by kṣatriya-dharma; the episode highlights disciplined action under duty in a tragic war, rather than personal hatred as the guiding motive.
Sanjaya reports a sequence of coordinated attacks on King Śalya: Yudhiṣṭhira hits him with sixty arrows, then Bhīma with seventy, Sātyaki with nine, and Yudhiṣṭhira again with sixty—showing sustained pressure in the battlefield exchange.