Shloka 3
Adhyāya 107 — बहुयुद्धप्रकरणम्
Multiple Defensive Engagements to Protect Bhīṣma
तब सुशमनि भी युद्धस्थलमें अनेक बाणोंद्वारा कुन्तीकुमार अर्जुनको घायल कर दिया। फिर उसने वसुदेवनन्दन श्रीकृष्णको सत्तर और अर्जुनको नौ बाण मारे ।।
tān nivārya śaraughena śakrasūnur mahārathaḥ | suśarmaṇo raṇe yoddhān prāhiṇod yamasādanam ||
हे पाहून शक्रपुत्र महारथी अर्जुनाने आपल्या बाणसमूहांनी सुशर्माच्या बाणवृष्टीला रोखले. त्याला आवरून धरून अर्जुन रणांगणात सुशर्माचे योद्धे एकामागून एक यमसदनी पाठवू लागला.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the warrior’s duty (kṣatriya-dharma) carried out with skill and resolve: Arjuna restrains an enemy’s assault and decisively overcomes opposing fighters. Ethically, it underscores the Mahābhārata’s tension between necessary duty in war and the stark reality that victory is inseparable from death.
Suśarman attacks with heavy arrow-fire; Arjuna counters by stopping that barrage with his own volleys. After neutralizing Suśarman’s pressure, Arjuna turns his weapons upon Suśarman’s supporting warriors and kills them—described poetically as sending them to Yama’s abode.