Shloka 233
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 125: Duryodhana’s despair and vow after Jayadratha’s fall (जयद्रथवधे दुर्योधनविलापः)
दुःशासनस्सत्रिभिवविद्ध्वा पुनर्विव्याध पठ्चभि: । भरतवंशी महाराज! इसके बाद दुःशासनने हँसते हुए-से ही वहाँ तीन बाणोंद्वारा सात्यकिको घायल करके पुनः पाँच बाणोंसे बींध डाला
sañjaya uvāca | duḥśāsanaḥ satribhir aviddhvā punar vivyādha pañcabhiḥ | bharatavaṃśī mahārāja |
दुःशासनस्तु तं विद्ध्वा त्रिभिः शरैः पुनः। पञ्चभिः शरैः क्रुद्धो विव्याध हसन्निव॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how warfare can erode ethical restraint: violence may be accompanied by derision, revealing inner dispositions (saṃskāra) and the moral cost of conflict even when framed as kṣatriya-duty.
Sañjaya reports to the king that Duḥśāsana strikes Sātyaki with three arrows and then again with five, intensifying the assault in the midst of the Kurukṣetra battle.