Shloka 8
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 37: Sañjaya’s Account of Abhimanyu’s Precision Disruption of a Chariot Contingent
इस प्रकार उसे मोहित करके इन वीरोंने दुर्योधनको छुड़ा लिया। तब मानो मुँहसे ग्रास छिन गया हो, यह मानकर अर्जुनकुमार अभिमन्यु इसे सहन न कर सका ।। ताञ्छरौघेण महता साश्वसूतान् महारथान् | विमुखीकृत्य सौभद्र: सिंहनादमथानदत्,अतः अपनी भारी बाण-वर्षासे उन महारथियोंको उनके सारथि और घोड़ोंसहित युद्धसे विमुख करके सुभद्राकुमारने सिंहके समान गर्जना की
tāñ charaughena mahatā sāśvasūtān mahārathān | vimukhīkṛtya saubhadraḥ siṃhanādam athānadat ||
Then Saubhadra (Abhimanyu), showering them with a mighty torrent of arrows, forced those great chariot-warriors—together with their horses and charioteers—to turn away from the fight; and having thus checked them, he roared aloud like a lion. In the ethical frame of the episode, Abhimanyu’s cry signals both righteous indignation at an unfair rescue of Duryodhana and the kṣatriya resolve to uphold honor in battle by meeting force with fearless prowess.
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