Shloka 16
तं धर्मराजो बहुभिम्मर्मभिद्धिरवाकिरत् । मद्रेशस्तं चतुःषष्ट्या शरैरविद्ध्वानदद् भूशम्,धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरने शल्यपर बहुत-से मर्मभेदी बाणोंकी वर्षा की। तब मद्रराज भी चौंसठ बाणोंद्वारा युधिष्ठिरको घायल करके जोर-जोरसे गर्जना करने लगे
sa jaya uv01ca |
ta dharmar01jo bahubhir marmabhidbhir av01kirat |
madre5bas ta catu5bay01 5barair aviddhv01 nadad bh6b5bam ||
Dharmaraja Yudhiṣṭhira menghujani Śalya, raja Madra, dengan banyak anak panah yang menembusi titik-titik genting. Śalya, penguasa Madra, membalas dengan menikam Yudhiṣṭhira dengan enam puluh empat anak panah, lalu mengaum dengan kuat.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even a ruler devoted to dharma may be compelled to fight when bound by kshatriya responsibility; the verse highlights the tragic tension between righteousness and the unavoidable violence of war, where skill and aggression (Shalyabcs roar) can momentarily overshadow moral restraint.
In the Drona Parva battle sequence, Yudhishthira attacks Shalya with a heavy volley of vital-point-piercing arrows; Shalya retaliates by striking Yudhishthira with sixty-four arrows and then roars loudly in triumph or challenge.