Shloka 233
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 125: Duryodhana’s despair and vow after Jayadratha’s fall (जयद्रथवधे दुर्योधनविलापः)
दुःशासनस्सत्रिभिवविद्ध्वा पुनर्विव्याध पठ्चभि: । भरतवंशी महाराज! इसके बाद दुःशासनने हँसते हुए-से ही वहाँ तीन बाणोंद्वारा सात्यकिको घायल करके पुनः पाँच बाणोंसे बींध डाला
sañjaya uvāca | duḥśāsanaḥ satribhir aviddhvā punar vivyādha pañcabhiḥ | bharatavaṃśī mahārāja |
ಭರತವಂಶೀಯ ಮಹಾರಾಜನೇ! ನಂತರ ದುಃಶಾಸನನು ನಗುವಂತೆಯೇ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಮೂರು ಬಾಣಗಳಿಂದ ಸಾತ್ಯಕಿಯನ್ನು ಗಾಯಗೊಳಿಸಿ, ಮತ್ತೆ ಐದು ಬಾಣಗಳಿಂದ ಭೇದಿಸಿದನು।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how warfare can erode ethical restraint: violence may be accompanied by derision, revealing inner dispositions (saṃskāra) and the moral cost of conflict even when framed as kṣatriya-duty.
Sañjaya reports to the king that Duḥśāsana strikes Sātyaki with three arrows and then again with five, intensifying the assault in the midst of the Kurukṣetra battle.