Shloka 523
शल्यपरिघातः (Śalya Under Encirclement) — Mahābhārata, Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 12
ट्रुमसेनं चतुःषष्ट्या निजघान महारथ: । इसके बाद महारथी युधिष्छिरने सत्तर बाणोंसे चन्द्रसेनको, नौ बाणोंसे शल्यके सारथिको और चौंसठ बाणोंसे ट्रमसेनको मार डाला
trumasenaṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyā nijaghāna mahārathaḥ |
サンジャヤは語った――その大車戦士は六十四本の矢でトルマセーナを討ち倒した。同じ戦の奔流の中で、クシャトリヤの義務が求める峻厳な決意をもって、ユディシュティラはまた、七十本の矢でチャンドラセーナを、九本でシャリヤの御者を、そして六十四本でトルマセーナを斃し、無謀な残虐ではなく、精確で節度ある武力によって戦を前へと押し進めた。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse reflects kṣatriya-dharma in its hardest form: when war is already joined, a ruler must act decisively and skillfully to protect his side and uphold his pledged duty, while keeping violence purposeful rather than wanton.
Sanjaya reports a sequence of battlefield kills: Trumasena is brought down with sixty-four arrows; additionally, Yudhiṣṭhira strikes down Candrasena with seventy arrows and kills Shalya’s charioteer with nine arrows.