अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः
Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle
द्रोणस्तु परमक्रुद्धों वायव्यास्त्रेण पार्थिवम् । विव्याध सो5पि तद् दिव्यमस्त्रमस्त्रेण जध्निवान्,अत्यन्त क्रोधमें भरे हुए द्रोणाचार्यने वायव्यास्त्रसे राजा युधिष्ठिरको बींध डाला। युधिष्ठिरने भी उनके दिव्यास्त्रोंको अपने दिव्यास्त्रसे ही नष्ट कर दिया
droṇas tu paramakruddho vāyavyāstreṇa pārthivam | vivyādha so 'pi tad divyam astram astreṇa jaghānivān ||
Sañjaya said: Drona, inflamed with extreme anger, struck the king Yudhiṣṭhira with the Wind-weapon (Vāyavya-astra). Yudhiṣṭhira, however, countered and destroyed that divine missile with his own divine weapon—showing that even in the fury of battle, mastery and restraint can answer aggression without surrendering to it.
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