Shloka 236
Nakula–Śakuni Duel and the Night Battle; Śikhaṇḍin–Kṛpa Engagement (नकुल-शकुनियुद्धं तथा रात्रियुद्धवर्णनम्)
मुमोच निशितान् बाणान् जिधघांसु: शिनिपुड्भवम् । शिनिवंशके प्रधान वीर सात्यकिके वधकी इच्छासे भूरिश्रवाने उन्हें दस बाणोंसे घायल करके उनपर और भी बहुत-से पैने बाण छोड़े
mumoca niśitān bāṇān jidhaghāṃsuḥ śinipuḍbhavam | śinivaṃśake pradhāna vīra sātyakike vadhakī icchāse bhūriśravāṇe unheṃ daśa bāṇoṃse ghāyal karake unpara aur bhī bahut-se painē bāṇ choṛe |
Sañjaya said: Burning with the desire to slay Sātyaki—the foremost hero of the Śini line—Bhūriśravā, the son of Śinipuḍ, released sharp arrows. After wounding him with ten shafts, he rained many more keen missiles upon him, intensifying the violence of the duel and revealing the war-driven resolve to kill rather than merely repel.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in the heat of war, intention (to kill versus to restrain) shapes action: Bhūriśravā’s explicit resolve to slay drives an escalation from wounding to a sustained barrage. It foregrounds the ethical tension between kṣatriya combat duty and the hardening of the mind into lethal intent.
Sañjaya describes Bhūriśravā (son of Śinipuḍ) attacking Sātyaki, the leading warrior of the Śini line. He first strikes him with ten arrows and then releases many more sharp shafts, intensifying the duel.