Bhīṣma–Karṇa Saṃvāda on the Śaraśayyā (भीष्म–कर्ण संवादः शरशय्यायाम्)
तं॑ भीमो दशभिर्विद्ध्वा पुनर्विव्याध पञ्चभि: | सारथिं चास्य भल्लेन रथनीडादपातयत्,एकैकं त्रिभिरानर्च्छत् कड़ुकबर्हिणवाजितै: । उसके बाद सुशर्मा और कृपाचार्यको भी तीन-तीन बाणोंसे बींध डाला। राजेन्द्र! फिर समरांगणमें प्राग्ज्योतिषनरेश भगदत्त, सिन्धुराज जयद्रथ, चित्रसेन, विकर्ण, कृतवर्मा, दुर्मीषण तथा महारथी विन्द और अनुविन्द--इनमैंसे प्रत्येकको गीधकी पाँखसे युक्त तीन- तीन बाणोंद्वारा विशेष पीड़ा दी
sañjaya uvāca | taṃ bhīmo daśabhir viddhvā punar vivyādha pañcabhiḥ | sārathiṃ cāsya bhallena rathanīḍād apātayat | ekaikaṃ tribhir ānarccchat kaḍukabarhiṇavājitaiḥ |
Sañjaya said: Bhīma pierced him with ten arrows and then struck him again with five more. With a broad-headed shaft he felled that warrior’s charioteer from the chariot-seat. Then, using arrows fletched with vulture-feathers, he struck each opponent with three shafts, inflicting sharp pain—an image of battlefield prowess where skill and force are deployed without hesitation amid the moral gravity of fratricidal war.
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