Shloka 35
Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Duel and the Discharge of the Śakti (शल्यवधप्रसङ्गः)
इसी प्रकार महामना कुरुराज युधिष्ठिरने भी सुन्दर धनुष हाथमें लेकर द्रोणाचार्यके दिये हुए नाना प्रकारके उपदेशोंका प्रदर्शन करते हुए शीघ्रतापूर्वक सुन्दर एवं विचित्र रीतिसे बाणोंकी वर्षा प्रारम्भ कर दी ।।
iti prakāraṁ mahāmanā kururāja yudhiṣṭhiro 'pi sundaraṁ dhanuḥ haste gṛhītvā droṇācāryasya datta-nānā-vidhopadeśānāṁ pradarśanaṁ kurvan śīghratayā sundara-vicitra-rītyā bāṇānāṁ varṣaṁ prārabhata || na cāsya vivaraṁ kaścid dadarśa carato raṇe | tāv ubhau vividhair bāṇais tatakṣāte parasparam ||
同じく高き心をもつクル王ユディシュティラも、見事な弓を手に取り、ドローナアーチャールヤより授かった数々の教えを示し始めた。迅速にして、麗しくも驚嘆すべき技で、彼は矢の雨を放った。戦場を巡り動くその身に、誰一人として隙を見いだせず、二人はさまざまな矢で幾度も互いを射打った。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a ruler known for restraint and dharma must, when duty demands, act with disciplined competence. The verse highlights the ethical dimension of kṣatriya-dharma: skill and training are to be employed decisively in battle, without negligence or exposing avoidable weakness.
Sañjaya describes Yudhiṣṭhira taking up his bow and demonstrating the varied martial instructions he learned from Droṇa. He moves skillfully so that no opening is visible, and he and his opponent exchange intense volleys of diverse arrows, striking each other repeatedly.