Shloka 226
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 125: Duryodhana’s despair and vow after Jayadratha’s fall (जयद्रथवधे दुर्योधनविलापः)
रुक्मपुड्खैर्महेष्वासो गार्ध्रपत्रैरजिद्ागै: । तब महाथनुर्थर सात्यकिने भी सोनेके पुंख तथा गीधकी पाँखवाले पाँच तीखे और सीधे जानेवाले बाणोंद्वारा दुशासनको वेधकर बदला चुकाया
sañjaya uvāca | rukmapuṅkhair maheṣvāso gārdhrapatrair ajihmagaiḥ | tadā mahādhanurdharaḥ sātyakine bhīmasenake puṅkhais tathā gīdhrapakṣavālaiḥ pañca tīkṣṇaiḥ śaraiḥ duḥśāsanaṃ vidhya pratyakāraṃ cakāra |
Sanjaya said: Then the great archer, wielding a mighty bow, repaid the injury by piercing Duḥśāsana with five sharp, straight-flying arrows—golden-shafted and feathered with vulture plumes—on behalf of Sātyaki and Bhīmasena. In the moral atmosphere of the war, this act is framed as retribution within the warrior code: a measured answering of violence with violence, driven by loyalty to comrades rather than personal gain.
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