Shloka 11
Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 77 — Saindhava resistance, Arjuna’s restraint, and Duḥśalā’s supplication
त॑ स्मरन्तो वर्ध वीरा: सिन्धुराजस्य चाहवे । जयद्रथस्य कौरव्य समरे सव्यसाचिना,कुरुनन्दन! कुरुक्षेत्रके समराड़णमें सव्यसाची अर्जुनके द्वारा जो सिंधुराज जयद्रथका वध हुआ था, उसकी याद उन वीरोंको कभी भूलती नहीं थी
taṁ smaranto vīrāḥ sindhurājasya cāhave | jayadrathasya kauravya samare savyasācinā ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Those warriors kept recalling, again and again, the slaying of Jayadratha—the king of Sindhu—by Savyasācī Arjuna in battle. The memory of that deed, performed on the field of Kurukṣetra, did not fade from their minds, for it stood as a decisive act in war and a reminder of how resolve and skill can overturn even guarded power.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral weight of decisive action in a righteous war: a single, resolute deed—carried out with skill and determination—can become an enduring lesson for warriors, shaping their sense of duty (kṣatriya-dharma) and the consequences of aggression.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that the warriors continued to remember Arjuna’s killing of Jayadratha, the Sindhu king, in the Kurukṣetra war—an event famous for its intensity and strategic importance—so vividly that it never left their minds.