Shloka 50
शल्यपरिघातः (Śalya Under Encirclement) — Mahābhārata, Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 12
विव्याध समरे क्रुद्धो बहुभि: कड्कपत्रिभि: | महाबली शल्य पाण्डुपुत्र युधिष्ठिरको रोककर उन्हें मार डालनेकी इच्छासे समरांगणमें कंकपत्रयुक्त अनेक बाणोंद्वारा उनपर क्रोधपूर्वक प्रहार करने लगे ।। अथ भूयो महाराज शरेणानतपर्वणा
sañjaya uvāca | vivyādha samare kruddho bahubhiḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ | mahābalī śalyaḥ pāṇḍuputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram roṣakarān hantuṃ samaraṅgaṇe kruddhaḥ kaṅkapatrayuktair anekaiḥ śaraiḥ prāharat || atha bhūyo mahārāja śareṇānataparvaṇā ... |
サンジャヤは言った。戦の熱気のただ中で、剛力のシャリヤは怒りに燃え、パーンドゥの子ユディシュティラを討たんと欲して、鷺の羽を付した数多の矢で戦場にて幾度も彼を射抜いた。さらにまた、王よ、節が下方に曲がった別の矢をもって攻め立て続けた。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) can dominate even a great warrior’s conduct in war, intensifying violence and narrowing judgment. In the Mahabharata’s ethical frame, such rage is a powerful inner enemy: it may be tactically effective, yet it risks eclipsing restraint and dharmic clarity.
Sanjaya reports to King Dhritarashtra that Shalya, fighting fiercely, attacks Yudhishthira with many feather-fletched arrows, aiming to kill him. The description emphasizes repeated strikes and the relentless continuation of the assault with yet another specially described arrow.