
Mahabharata · Parva 3, Adhyaya 21, Shloka 5
Mahabharata 3.21.5
ततो मामब्रवीद् वीर दारुको विह्वलन्निव । स्थातव्यमिति तिष्ठामि शाल्वबाणप्रपीडित: । अवस्थातुं न शकनोमि अज्ुू मे व्यवसीदति
tato mām abravīd vīra dāruko vihvalann iva | sthātavyam iti tiṣṭhāmi śālvabāṇaprapīḍitaḥ | avasthātuṁ na śaknomi aṅgaṁ me vyavasīdati ||
Then Dāruka, the valiant charioteer, as if reeling in confusion, said to me: “O hero, one must stand firm in battle—remembering this duty alone I remain here. Yet, crushed by Śālva’s arrows, I no longer have the strength even to keep standing; my limbs are failing and sinking into weakness.”