Shloka 22
शल्य–युधिष्ठिरयुद्धप्रारम्भः
Commencement of the Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Duel
युधिष्ठिरस्तु मद्रेशं सहदेवश्न मारिष । दशभिर्दशभिर्बाणैरुरस्पेनमविध्यताम्,आर्य! साथ ही युधिष्ठिर और सहदेवने दस-दस बाणोंसे उनकी छाती छेद डाली
sañjaya uvāca | yudhiṣṭhiras tu madreśaṃ sahadevaś ca mārīṣa | daśabhir daśabhir bāṇair uraspenam avidhyatām ||
ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ତେବେ, ହେ ଆର୍ୟ, ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିର ଓ ସହଦେବ ମଦ୍ରେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କୁ ଦଶ-ଦଶ ବାଣରେ ଆଘାତ କରି ତାଙ୍କ ବକ୍ଷକୁ ବିଦ୍ଧ କଲେ।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma in its stark form: even the most dharma-minded rulers must act decisively in battle when duty demands it, while remaining conscious that such violence is undertaken as obligation within a larger moral order, not as personal hatred.
Sañjaya reports that Yudhiṣṭhira and Sahadeva simultaneously strike Śalya, the king of Madra, each with ten arrows, wounding him in the chest during the ongoing battlefield encounter.