Shloka 3
द्रोण–धृष्टद्युम्नयुद्धवर्णनम्
Drona–Dhrishtadyumna Battle Description
यः क्षत्रियै: परामृष्टे वत्से पितरि चाब्रुवन् । ततो<वधीत् कार्तवीर्यमजितं समरे परै:,जब क्षत्रियोंने गायके बछड़ेको पकड़ लिया और पिता जमदग्निको मार डाला, तब जिन्होंने मौन रहकर ही समरभूमिमें दूसरोंसे कभी पराजित न होनेवाले कृतवीर्यकुमार अर्जुनका वध किया था
yaḥ kṣatriyaiḥ parāmṛṣṭe vatse pitari cābruvan | tato ’vadhīt kārtavīryam ajitaṃ samare paraiḥ ||
Narada said: When the Kshatriyas seized the calf and, after killing his father Jamadagni, spoke to him, he—maintaining a grim silence—then slew Kartavirya (Arjuna), who had never been defeated by others in battle. The verse highlights a retaliatory act rooted in outrage at injustice done to one’s family, raising the ethical tension between righteous retribution and the escalating cycle of violence.
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