Adhyāya 110: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament on Fate; Saṃjaya’s Reproof and the Princes’ Assault on Bhīma (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय ११०)
आर्जुनिस्तु हयांस्तस्य चतुर्भिनिशितै: शरै: | प्रेषयामास संक़ुद्धो यमस्य सदन प्रति,अर्जुनकुमार श्रुतकीर्तिने अत्यन्त कुपित हो चार तीखे बाणोंद्वारा शलके चारों घोड़ोंको यमलोक भेज दिया
ārjunis tu hayāṁs tasya caturbhir niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | preṣayāmāsa saṁkruddho yamasya sadanaṁ prati ||
サンジャヤは言った。怒りに燃えるアルジュニ(シュルタキールティ)は、剃刀のごとく鋭い四本の矢で敵の四頭の馬を射倒し、ヤマの住処へ送り込んだ――戦場の苛烈な必然の掟のもと、迅速にして致命の報いを示す光景である。
संजय उवाच
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) rapidly turns skill into destruction; yet within the Mahābhārata’s war setting it also reflects kṣatriya-dharma, where disabling an enemy’s mobility (killing the horses) is a decisive, tactical act—showing the tension between moral restraint and battlefield necessity.
Sañjaya reports that Arjuna’s son Śrutakīrti, furious in combat, shoots four sharp arrows and kills the opponent’s four horses, poetically described as sending them to Yama’s dwelling (death).