Shloka 41
Adhyāya 104 — Śikhaṇḍin-puraskāraḥ (Śikhaṇḍin as Vanguard) and Bhīṣma’s Counter-Advance
गौतमो5पि त्वरायुक्तो माधवं नवभि: शरै: । हृदि विव्याध संक्रुद्ध/ कड्कपत्रपरिच्छदै:,यह देख कृपाचार्यने भी अत्यन्त कुपित हो बड़ी उतावलीके साथ सात्यकिकी छातीमें कंकपत्रविभूषित नौ बाण मारकर उन्हें घायल कर दिया
sañjaya uvāca | gautamo 'pi tvarāyukto mādhavaṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ | hṛdi vivyādha saṃkruddhaḥ kaṅkapatra-paricchadaiḥ ||
गौतमोऽपि त्वरायुक्तो माधवं नवभिः शरैः । हृदि विव्याध संक्रुद्धः कङ्कपत्रपरिच्छदैः ॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how intense anger and battlefield urgency can drive even venerable figures to decisive violence; it invites reflection on self-control (dama) versus the compulsions of kṣatriya duty in war.
Sañjaya reports that Kṛpācārya (called Gautama) swiftly and angrily shoots Sātyaki (addressed as Mādhava) with nine feathered arrows, striking him in the chest/heart and wounding him amid the ongoing combat.