Mahabharata 7.191.4 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 191, Shloka 4
दुःशासनस्तु राजेन्द्र पाउ्चाल्यस्य महात्मन: । नाशकत् प्रमुखे स्थातुं शरजालप्रपीडित:,राजेन्द्र! महामना धृष्टद्युम्नके बाणसमूहोंसे अत्यन्त पीड़ित हो दुःशासन उनके सामने ठहर न सका
sañjaya uvāca |
duḥśāsanas tu rājendra pāñcālyasya mahātmanaḥ |
nāśakat pramukhe sthātuṃ śarajālaprapīḍitaḥ ||
संजय म्हणाला—राजेंद्र, महामना पाञ्चाल्य धृष्टद्युम्नाच्या दाट बाणजाळ्याने अत्यंत पीडित होऊन दुःशासन त्याच्या समोर टिकू शकला नाही.
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The verse highlights a moral pattern often emphasized in the Mahabharata: power rooted in wrongdoing and pride becomes unstable when confronted by steadfast, disciplined valor aligned with a just cause. Ethical failure weakens inner resolve, so one cannot 'stand firm' when true resistance arrives.
During the fighting in the Drona Parva, Duhshasana faces the Panchala prince Dhrishtadyumna. Overwhelmed by a concentrated barrage—described as a 'net of arrows'—Duhshasana cannot remain in the front line before him and is forced to give way.
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