Shloka 42
द्रोणपुत्रस्याग्नेयास्त्रप्रयोगः — अर्जुनस्य ब्राह्मास्त्रप्रतिघातः — व्यासोपदेशः
Aśvatthāmā’s Agneyāstra, Arjuna’s Brāhmāstra Counter, and Vyāsa’s Instruction
स कर्ण दशभिर्विद्ध्वा वृषसेनं च सप्तभि: । स हस्तावापधनुषी तयोश्रिच्छेद सात्वत:,सात्वतवंशी सात्यकिने कर्णको दस और वृषसेनको सात बाणोंसे घायल करके उन दोनोंके दस्ताने और धनुष काट दिये
sa karṇa daśabhir viddhvā vṛṣasenaṃ ca saptabhiḥ | sa hastāv āpa-dhanuṣī tayoś ciccheda sātvataḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Sātyaki, the Sātvata hero, struck Karṇa with ten arrows and Vṛṣasena with seven. Then, in a display of battlefield mastery, he cut off the hand-guards and the bows of both, disabling their capacity to fight without directly taking their lives—an act that emphasizes tactical restraint amid the ferocity of war.
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