Shloka 37
Droṇa’s Rebuke to Duryodhana after Jayadratha’s Fall (द्रोणेन दुर्योधनं प्रति प्रत्युक्तिः)
ततो युधिष्िरो राजा भल्लाभ्यामच्छिनद् धनु:
tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā bhallābhyām acchinad dhanuḥ
Sañjaya berkata: Kemudian Raja Yudhiṣṭhira, dengan keteguhan yang layak bagi seorang raja berpegang pada dharma di tengah tekanan perang, memutuskan busur musuh dengan dua anak panah bhalla yang tajam—suatu tindakan untuk mengekang keganasan dengan melucutkan senjata, bukan sekadar membinasakan.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in war, dharma can express itself as restraint and proportionality: disabling an opponent’s capacity to harm (by cutting the bow) can be a more ethically controlled response than indiscriminate killing, aligning royal duty with measured force.
Sañjaya reports that Yudhiṣṭhira strikes with two bhalla arrows and severs a bow—an episode of battlefield skill and tactics where disarmament shifts the immediate balance of combat.