Shloka 25
Śalya-hatānantarāṇi: Madrarāja-padānugānāṃ praskandana and the Pandava counter-encirclement (शल्यहतानन्तराणि—मद्रराजपदानुगानां प्रस्कन्दनम्)
मद्राधिपश्चापि युधिष्ठिरस्य शरैश्नतुर्भि्निजघान वाहान् | वाहांश्व हत्वा व्यकरोन्महात्मा योधक्षयं धर्मसुतस्य राज्ञ:,तत्पश्चात् मद्रराजने चार बाणोंसे युधिष्ठिरके चारों घोड़ोंका भी संहार कर डाला। घोड़ोंको मारकर महामनस्वी शल्यने धर्मपुत्र राजा युधिष्ठिरके योद्धाओंका विनाश आरम्भ कर दिया
madrādhipaś cāpi yudhiṣṭhirasya śaraiś caturbhir nijaghāna vāhān | vāhāṃś ca hatvā vyakarot mahātmā yodha-kṣayaṃ dharmasutasya rājñaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: The lord of Madra too struck down Yudhiṣṭhira’s four steeds with four arrows. Having slain the horses, the high-souled Śalya then set about the destruction of King Yudhiṣṭhira’s warriors—an act that intensifies the moral pressure of war by targeting the king’s mobility and protection, not merely his person.
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