Shloka 323
Droṇa’s Rebuke to Duryodhana after Jayadratha’s Fall (द्रोणेन दुर्योधनं प्रति प्रत्युक्तिः)
त्रिभिस्त्रिभिर्यमौ वीरौ धर्मराजं च सप्तभि: । तब दुर्योधनने पाण्डुपुत्र भीमसेनको दस बाणोंसे, वीर नकुल और सहदेवको तीन-तीन बाणोंसे तथा धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरको सात बाणोंसे घायल कर दिया
tribhis tribhir yamau vīrau dharmarājaṃ ca saptabhiḥ | tataḥ duryodhanena pāṇḍuputro bhīmasenaḥ daśabāṇaiḥ, vīrau nakula-sahadevau tribhis tribhir bāṇaiḥ, tathā dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ saptabhir bāṇair viddhaḥ |
Sañjaya berkata: “Kemudian Duryodhana memanah Bhīmasena, putera Pāṇḍu, dengan sepuluh anak panah; kedua wira kembar Nakula dan Sahadeva dengan tiga anak panah setiap seorang; dan Dharma-rāja Yudhiṣṭhira dengan tujuh anak panah. Dalam himpitan pertempuran yang tidak mengenal belas, serangan sang raja memperlihatkan keperwiraan; namun adegan itu juga menegaskan tragedi dharma—tatkala kaum kerabat saling menumpahkan darah, dalam perang di mana kewajipan dan kebinasaan berjalan seiring.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when actions follow warrior-duty (kṣatriya-dharma), the Mahābhārata keeps the ethical cost visible: prowess in battle does not erase the sorrow and moral strain of harming one’s own kin, reminding the listener to distinguish duty from triumphalism.
Sañjaya reports that Duryodhana shoots and wounds key Pāṇḍava leaders—Bhīma with ten arrows, the twins Nakula and Sahadeva with three each, and Yudhiṣṭhira with seven—showing an intense exchange of missile warfare in the Drona Parva battle sequence.