Shloka 18
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 37: Sañjaya’s Account of Abhimanyu’s Precision Disruption of a Chariot Contingent
भूरिश्रवास्त्रिभिर्बाणि्मद्रेश: षड्भिराशुगै: । द्वाभ्यां शराभ्यां शकुनिस्त्रिभि्दुर्योधनो नृप:,इसी प्रकार विविंशतिने सत्तर, कृतवर्माने सात, बृहद्धलने आठ, अभश्वत्थामाने सात, भूरिश्रवाने तीन, मद्रराज शल्यने छः, शकुनिने दो और राजा दुर्योधनने तीन बाणोंसे अभिमन्युको घायल कर दिया
sañjaya uvāca |
bhūriśravās tribhir bāṇair madrarājaḥ ṣaḍbhir āśugaiḥ |
dvābhyāṃ śarābhyāṃ śakunīs tribhir duryodhano nṛpaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Bhūriśravas struck (Abhimanyu) with three arrows; the king of Madra, Śalya, with six swift shafts; Śakuni with two arrows; and King Duryodhana with three. Thus, amid the press of battle, many senior Kaurava warriors together wounded Abhimanyu—an image of war’s harsh ethic, where collective force is turned against a single heroic opponent.
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