Mahabharata 7.116.79 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 116, Shloka 79
Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)
ततः क्रुद्धस्त्रिभिर्बाणैर्भीमसेनं हसन्निव । अभिहत्य दृढं युद्धे तान् सर्वान् प्रत्यविध्यत
tataḥ kruddhas tribhir bāṇair bhīmasenaṃ hasann iva | abhihatya dṛḍhaṃ yuddhe tān sarvān pratyavidhyata ||
ତାପରେ ସେ କ୍ରୋଧିତ ହୋଇ, ଯେନ ହସୁଥିବା ପରି, ତିନିଟି ବାଣରେ ଭୀମସେନଙ୍କୁ ଆଘାତ କଲା। ଯୁଦ୍ଧରେ ଦୃଢ଼ ପ୍ରହାର କରି ସେ ପ୍ରତିଉତ୍ତରରେ ସେମାନଙ୍କୁ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଭେଦିଦେଲା।
संजय उवाच
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The verse highlights the battlefield logic of kṣatriya-dharma: force is met with force, and a warrior answers an assault with a measured counterstrike. It also warns how anger and contempt (“as if laughing”) can intensify violence and harden the moral atmosphere of war.
Sañjaya describes a warrior who, becoming angry, hits Bhīma with three arrows and then retaliates against all the opposing fighters present, piercing them in return during the ongoing combat.
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