Mahabharata 7.167.28 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 167, Shloka 28
Nārāyaṇāstra-utpātaḥ — Aśvatthāman’s Rallying Roar after Droṇa’s Fall (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय १६७)
तस्य पार्थो धनुश्छित्त्वा हस्तावापं निकृत्य च । प्राहिणोत्नेशितान् बाणान् पज्च राजज्छिलाशितान्
tasya pārtho dhanuś chittvā hastāv āpaṁ nikṛtya ca | prāhiṇot neśitān bāṇān pañca rājañ śilāśitān ||
സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അപ്പോൾ പാർഥൻ (യുധിഷ്ഠിരൻ) അവന്റെ വില്ല് മുറിച്ചുതകർത്തു; കൈക്കവചവും ഛേദിച്ചു. പിന്നെ, രാജാവേ, കല്ലിൽ മൂർച്ചപ്പെടുത്തിയ അഞ്ചു കൃത്യലക്ഷ്യബാണങ്ങൾ അവൻ പ്രയോഗിച്ചു.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid war, action should be governed by discipline and purpose: first neutralize the opponent’s capacity to cause harm (cutting the bow and protective gear), then employ measured force through well-aimed strikes rather than uncontrolled violence.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Pārtha (Yudhiṣṭhira) cuts the enemy’s bow and hand-guard, then shoots five stone-sharpened, carefully aimed arrows at him.
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