Mahabharata — Virata Parva, Shloka 11
विराटसभायां पाण्डवानां प्रवेशः — Arjuna’s Encomium of Yudhiṣṭhira in Virāṭa’s Court
निहत्य नागं तु शरेण तेन वज्रोपमेनाद्रिवराम्बुदा भम् । तथाविधेनैव शरेण पार्थो दुर्योधनं वक्षसि निर्बिभेद
nihatya nāgaṃ tu śareṇa tena vajropamenādrivarāmbudābham | tathāvidhenaiva śareṇa pārtho duryodhanaṃ vakṣasi nirbibheda ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。金剛のごとく堅く、山のごとく、また雨雲の塊のごとく見えるその矢で大象を討ち果たしたのち、パールタ（アルジュナ）は同じ性質の別の矢を放ち、ドゥルヨーダナの胸を貫いた。この場面は戦の容赦なき推進力を示す。武勇と決意が事を前へ押し進める一方、暴力とその帰結にまつわる倫理の緊張は、英雄叙述の底に黙して潜む。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the force and inevitability of martial action once battle is joined: skill and resolve can be decisive, yet the narration also invites reflection on the ethical weight of violence and the chain of consequences it sets in motion.
After killing a powerful elephant with a thunderbolt-like arrow, Arjuna (Pārtha) immediately follows with a similar arrow and strikes Duryodhana, piercing him in the chest, as described by the narrator Vaiśampāyana.