Shloka 29
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 125: Duryodhana’s despair and vow after Jayadratha’s fall (जयद्रथवधे दुर्योधनविलापः)
सर्वायसैस्तीक्षणवक्त्रै: पुनर्विव्याध चाष्टभि:
sarvāyasais tīkṣṇavaktraiḥ punar vivyādha cāṣṭabhiḥ
ສັນຊະຍະເວົ້າວ່າ: ອີກຄັ້ງໜຶ່ງ ລາວໄດ້ຍິງທະລຸລາວດ້ວຍລູກສອນເຫຼັກລ້ວນ 8 ດອກ ປາຍແຫຼມ ແລະດຸຮ້າຍ—ການກະທຳນີ້ຊີ້ວ່າສົງຄາມໄດ້ຕົກລົງສູ່ການບາດເຈັບຊ້ຳໆ ຢ່າງບໍ່ມີການຍັບຍັ້ງ ຫຼືການປອງດອງ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the grim momentum of war: repeated injury becomes normalized, reminding readers that when dharma collapses into unchecked hostility, actions tend to escalate rather than resolve conflict.
Sañjaya reports that a warrior (implied from context) strikes his opponent again, this time with eight sharp, iron arrows, emphasizing the intensity and persistence of the combat.