Shloka 62
Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout
तस्यापि शरवर्षाणि चर्मणा प्रतिवार्य सः । सकुण्डलं शिर: कायाद् भ्राजमानमुपाहरत्,उसकी बाण-वर्षाको ढालसे रोककर अअभश्वत्थामाने उसके कुण्डलमण्डित तेजस्वी मस्तकको धड़से अलग कर दिया
tasyāpi śaravarṣāṇi carmaṇā prativārya saḥ | sakuṇḍalaṃ śiraḥ kāyād bhrājamānam upāharat ||
彼はその矢の雨をも盾で防ぎ、ついで耳飾りをなお戴く輝ける首を胴から断ち落として奪い去った。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in the Sauptika episode, warfare slips into ruthless excess: technical prowess (blocking arrows) is immediately followed by a trophy-like killing (carrying off the head). It invites reflection on how anger and vengeance can override dharmic restraint, especially in night attacks.
Sañjaya describes a combat moment where one warrior repels an opponent’s arrow-rain with a shield and then beheads him, taking the shining, earring-adorned head away—an image of decisive, brutal victory within the nocturnal violence of the Sauptika Parva.