Shloka 21
अध्याय २६ — शल्यस्य सारथ्य-नियोजनं, कर्णस्य प्रस्थानं, उत्पातदर्शनं च
Chapter 26: Śalya appointed as charioteer; Karṇa’s departure; portents
विष्वक्सेन तु निर्भिन्न दृष्टवा पार्थो धनंजय: । सत्यसेनं शरैस्ती&णैर्वारयित्वा महारथ:,कुन्तीकुमार महारथी अर्जुनने श्रीकृष्णको घायल हुआ देख सत्यसेनको तीखे बाणोंसे रोककर तेज धारवाले भल्लोंसे सेनाके मध्यभागमें उस राजकुमारके कुण्डलमण्डित महान् मस्तकको धड़से काट डाला
viśvaksenaṁ tu nirbhinnaṁ dṛṣṭvā pārtho dhanañjayaḥ | satyasenaṁ śarais tīkṣṇair vārayitvā mahārathaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Seeing Viśvaksena struck down, Pārtha Dhanañjaya (Arjuna), the great chariot-warrior, checked Satyasena with sharp arrows. Then, in the midst of the army, he severed that prince’s ear-ornamented head from his body with keen-edged bhalla shafts—an act driven by the ruthless necessities of battle, where protection of one’s side and swift neutralization of threats override personal sentiment.
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