Shloka 4
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 109 — Karṇa–Bhīma Yuddha and Durmukha’s Fall (कर्णभीमयुद्धम्; दुर्मुखवधः)
अथीैनं छिन्नधन्वानं शरेणानतपर्वणा । विव्याध समरे तूर्ण प्रवरं सर्वधन्विनाम्,धनुष कट जानेपर समस्त धनुर्धरोंमें श्रेष्ठ बृहत्क्षत्रकों समरांगणमें झुकी हुई गाँठवाले बाणसे उसने तुरंत ही बींध डाला
atha enaṃ chinnadhanvānaṃ śareṇānataparvaṇā | vivyādha samare tūrṇaṃ pravaraṃ sarvadhanvinām ||
Sañjaya said: Then, in the thick of battle, he swiftly pierced that warrior—now deprived of his bow—with an arrow whose joints were bent; he struck down one who was counted foremost among all archers. The scene underscores the relentless momentum of war, where prowess is tested not only by skill but by the sudden reversals of fortune that strip a fighter of his means and expose him to immediate peril.
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