Shloka 43
शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni
with Ulūka’s fall
तमर्जुन: पृषत्कानां शतेन भरतर्षभ
tam arjunaḥ pṛṣatkānāṁ śatena bharatarṣabha
Sañjaya berkata: Wahai banteng di antara kaum Bharata, Arjuna memanahnya dengan seratus anak panah—gambaran tekad tempur yang tidak mengenal henti di tengah kewajipan perang yang getir.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores kṣatriya-dharma in its starkest form: disciplined force applied in battle as a duty, not as personal cruelty—Sañjaya’s report frames the action as part of the larger moral burden of war.
Sañjaya narrates to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna showers the opponent (referred to as 'him') with a hundred arrows, indicating an intense exchange and Arjuna’s decisive martial pressure in the Shalya Parva battle sequence.