
Mahabharata · Parva 9, Adhyaya 21, Shloka 1
Mahabharata 9.21.1
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत शल्यपर्वमें शास्रका वधविषयक बीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/ २० ॥ एकविशोड< ध्याय: सात्यविद्दारा क्षेमधूर्तिका वध
sañjaya uvāca | tasmiṃstu nihate śūre śālve samitiśobhane | tava abha jyad balaṃ vegād vāteneva mahādrumaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: O King, when the heroic Śālva—who lent splendor to the battle—was slain, your army’s resolve broke and it reeled in sudden panic, like a great tree torn up by a violent gust of wind.