Shloka 37
राजन्! तदनन्तर धृष्टद्युम्नने प्रजलित अग्निके समान तेजस्वी द्रोणपुत्रको तिरसठ बाणोंसे बींध डाला ।। सारथिं चास्य विंशत्या स्वर्णपुड्खै: शिलाशितै: । हयांश्व चतुरो<विध्यच्चतुर्भिनिशितै: शरै:
sañjaya uvāca |
rājan! tadanantaraṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnena prajvalitāgnisama-tejasvinā droṇaputro triṣaṣṭibhir bāṇair viddhaḥ ||
sārathiṃ cāsya viṃśatyā svarṇapuṅkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ |
hayāṃś ca caturo ’vidhyac caturbhi niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ||
ສັນຊະຍາກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ! ຫຼັງຈາກນັ້ນ ທຣິສຕະດຍຸມນະ—ສ່ອງສະຫວ່າງດຸດໄຟລຸກ—ໄດ້ຍິງທະລຸລູກຊາຍຂອງທຣົນ (ອັສວັດຖາມາ) ດ້ວຍລູກສອນ 63 ດອກ. ທ່ານຍັງຍິງຄົນຂັບລົດຮົບຂອງເຂົາດ້ວຍ 20 ດອກ ທີ່ດ້າມປະດັບຄໍາ ແລະລັບຄົມດ້ວຍຫີນ; ແລະໄດ້ເຮັດໃຫ້ມ້າທັງ 4 ບາດເຈັບດ້ວຍລູກສອນຄົມ 4 ດອກ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma as expressed in war: decisive action, tactical targeting (warrior, charioteer, horses), and unwavering engagement in one’s assigned duty, even when it entails harsh violence.
Dhrishtadyumna attacks Aśvatthāmā (Droṇa’s son), piercing him with sixty-three arrows, then striking his charioteer with twenty gold-adorned, stone-sharpened arrows, and finally wounding the four horses with four sharp shafts—an attempt to weaken his opponent’s fighting capacity and mobility.