Shloka 17
Adhyāya 110: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament on Fate; Saṃjaya’s Reproof and the Princes’ Assault on Bhīma (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय ११०)
स भीम॑ पज्चभिर्विद्ध्वा शरैः संनतपर्वभि: । भैमान् परिजघानाशु रथांस्त्रिशतमाहवे,उसने झुकी हुई गाँठवाले पाँच बाणोंद्वारा भीमसेनको घायल करके उनके साथ आये हुए तीन सौ रथियोंका समरभूमिमें शीघ्र ही संहार कर डाला
sa bhīmaṃ pañcabhir viddhvā śaraiḥ sannatapārva-bhiḥ | bhaimān parijaghānāśu rathāṃs triśatam āhave ||
サンジャヤは言った。節の曲がった五本の矢でビーマセーナを射貫くと、彼は戦場において、ビーマを援けに来た三百の戦車武者をたちまち打ち倒した――武勇と策がいかなる強き味方すら呑み込む、戦の無慈悲な勢いを示す一幕であり、武人の務めとそれがもたらす破滅との間に冷酷な倫理の緊張を浮かび上がらせる。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the harsh reality of kṣatriya warfare: skill and force can rapidly overturn numbers and support, intensifying the ethical strain between duty in battle and the immense human cost of violence.
Sañjaya reports that a warrior pierces Bhīmasena with five specially described arrows and then quickly destroys three hundred chariot-warriors aligned with Bhīma on the battlefield.