Mahabharata 7.21.56 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 21, Shloka 56
द्रोणविक्रमदर्शनम् / The Display of Droṇa’s Onslaught and the Debate on Pāṇḍava Regrouping
अशीत्या क्षत्रवर्माणं षड्विंशत्या सुदक्षिणम् । क्षत्रदेव॑ तु भल्लेन रथनीडादपातयत्
aśītyā kṣatravarmāṇaṃ ṣaḍviṃśatyā sudakṣiṇam | kṣatradevaṃ tu bhallena rathanīḍād apātayat |
សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយ៖ ព្រះអង្គបានបាញ់ក្សត្រវರ್ಮានដោយព្រួញប៉ែតសិប និងសុទក្សិណដោយព្រួញម្ភៃប្រាំមួយ។ បន្ទាប់មក ដោយព្រួញភល្លាដ៏មុត ព្រះអង្គបានធ្វើឲ្យក្សត្រទេវរងរបួស ហើយបោះគាត់ឲ្យធ្លាក់ចុះពីកៅអីរទេះសង្គ្រាម។
संजय उवाच
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The verse highlights the harsh ethic of the battlefield: measured prowess and decisive action can instantly overturn a warrior’s standing. It implicitly reflects kṣatriya-dharma in war—skill, resolve, and the acceptance that honor and life can change in a moment.
Sañjaya reports a combat episode in which a warrior strikes Kṣatravarman with eighty arrows, Sudakṣiṇa with twenty-six, and then uses a bhalla-arrow to wound Kṣatradeva and knock him down from the chariot-seat.
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