Shloka 12
Book 9 (Śalya-parva), Adhyāya 13 — Arjuna’s Arrow-storm and the Drauṇi Confrontation
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्या भारत शल्यपर्वमें संकुलयुद्धाविषयक बारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ,भीमसेनस्तु सप्तत्या सात्यकिर्नवभि: शरै:
iti prakāraśrīmahābhārate śalyaparvaṇi saṅkulayuddhaviṣayakaḥ dvādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ | bhīmasenas tu saptatyā sātyakir navabhiḥ śaraiḥ ||
かくして、尊き『マハーバーラタ』の「シャリヤ・パルヴァ」において、戦の混乱と騒擾を語る第十二章は終わりを告げた。同じ激突のさなか、ビー マセーナは七十の矢を受け、サーティヤキは九の矢を受けた――戦の暴虐が止むことなく、最上の勇士でさえ、骨肉相食む戦の道義の闇の中で苦痛を負うことを示す光景である。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as a closing marker (colophon) and underscores the harsh reality of war: even righteous-aligned heroes are wounded. Ethically, it highlights the cost of kṣatriya-duty in a fratricidal conflict—valor persists, yet suffering is unavoidable.
Sañjaya signals the completion of a chapter describing the confusion of battle, then briefly notes battlefield outcomes: Bhīmasena is pierced by seventy arrows and Sātyaki by nine, indicating the intensity of the ongoing combat.