Mahabharata 7.159.126 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 159, Shloka 126
अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः
Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle
प्रपीडयन् महात्मानं विव्याध रणमूर्थनि । भीमसेनने सात्यकिके लिये महात्मा बाह्नीकको पीड़ित करते हुए युद्धके मुहानेपर उन्हें नौ बाणोंसे घायल कर दिया
prapīḍayan mahātmānaṃ vivyādha raṇamūrdhani | bhīmasenena sātyakike liye mahātmā bāhnīkaḥ pīḍitaḥ kṛtvā yuddhasya mukhe tān nava-bāṇaiḥ kṣatān cakāra ||
Disse Sañjaya: Apertando com força aquele grande guerreiro, feriu-o na própria linha de frente da batalha. No choque em que estavam Bhīmasena e Sātyaki, o nobre Bāhnīka—embora sob dura pressão—feriu seu adversário com nove flechas à boca do combate.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores kṣatriya-dharma in its starkest form: steadfastness at the battlefront and the capacity to act decisively even while oneself is afflicted. It also hints at the ethical tension of war—heroism is intertwined with causing injury, and endurance becomes a moral test within the epic’s tragic setting.
Sañjaya describes a moment in the Drona Parva battle where Bāhnīka, bearing down on a great warrior at the front line, wounds him with nine arrows. The narration situates this action amid the broader fighting involving Bhīma and Sātyaki.
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