Shloka 68
दुर्योधन-कर्ण-संवादः
Duryodhana–Karna Dialogue on Vyūha-bheda and Daiva
अथ द्रोणं समारोहच्चेकितानो महाबल: । स द्रोणं दशभिर्विद्ध्वा प्रत्यविद्धयत् स्तनान्तरे
atha droṇaṃ samārohac cekitāno mahābalaḥ | sa droṇaṃ daśabhir viddhvā pratyaviddhayat stanāntare ||
サञ्जयは語った。すると大力のチェキターナは、まっすぐにドローナへ突進した。彼は十本の矢でドローナを射貫き、さらに返しの一撃として胸の間を傷つけた。この光景は戦場の暴力が容赦なく応酬されるさまを示す。武勇と報復が自制を凌ぎ、敬われる師たる戦士に対してさえ例外はない。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the battlefield ethic of immediate counteraction: martial duty (kṣatriya-dharma) often manifests as swift retaliation, showing how war normalizes reciprocal harm even when the opponent is a venerable figure like Droṇa.
Sañjaya reports that Cekitāna rushes at Droṇa, pierces him with ten arrows, and then delivers a further retaliatory strike that wounds Droṇa on the chest (stanāntara).