Shloka 43
निकृष्टयुद्धे द्रोणस्य नान्येषां सन्ति ते शरा: । तदनन्तर, उस युद्ध-संकटके समय विप्रवर द्रोणाचार्यने एक हजार बाणोंसे धुृष्टद्युम्नकी सौ चाँदवाली ढाल और तलवार काट गिरायी। निकटसे युद्ध करते समय उपयोगमें आनेवाले जो एक बित्तेके बराबर वैतस्तिक नामक बाण होते हैं, वे समीपसे भी युद्ध करनेमें कुशल द्रोणाचार्यके ही पास थे, दूसरोंके नहीं ।। ४१-४२ $ ।। ऋते शारद्वतात् पार्थाद् द्रौणेवैंकर्तनात् तथा
nikṛṣṭa-yuddhe droṇasya nānyeṣāṁ santi te śarāḥ | tad-anantaraṁ yuddha-saṅkaṭe tasmin samaye vipra-varaḥ droṇācāryaḥ sahasra-bāṇaiḥ dhṛṣṭadyumnasya śata-candra-vālīṁ ḍhālaṁ asiṁ ca chittvā pātayām āsa | nikṛṣṭa-yuddhe prayujyamānā ye eka-vitti-pramāṇā vaitastikā nāma śarāḥ, te samīpataḥ api yoddhuṁ kuśalasya droṇācāryasyaiva āsan, anyeṣāṁ na ||
Sanjaya said: In close-quarters fighting, such arrows were found with Droṇa and not with others. Then, in that crisis of battle, the best of Brahmins, Droṇācārya, with a thousand shafts, cut down Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s shield marked with a hundred moon-emblems and also his sword. The arrows called vaitastika—meant for fighting at very close range and about a span in measure—belonged to Droṇa alone, who was skilled even in near combat; they were not possessed by the rest.
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