Shloka 2936
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 125: Duryodhana’s despair and vow after Jayadratha’s fall (जयद्रथवधे दुर्योधनविलापः)
दुःशासनस्तु विंशत्या सात्यकिं प्रत्यविध्यत । फिर लोहेके बने हुए तीखी धारवाले आठ बाणोंसे उसे पुनः: घायल कर दिया। तब दुःशासनने भी बीस बाण मारकर सात्यकिको क्षत-विक्षत कर दिया
sañjaya uvāca |
duḥśāsanas tu viṃśatyā sātyakiṃ pratyavidhyat |
सञ्जय उवाच—दुःशासनस्तु विंशत्या शरैः सात्यकिं प्रत्यविध्यत; पुनश्च तीक्ष्णधारैर्लोहशरैरपि तमभ्यताडयत्॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how warfare tends to intensify through retaliation—each wound invites a counter-wound. It implicitly raises the ethical tension in kṣatriya-dharma: courage and duty in battle can coexist with a tragic cycle of escalating harm.
In the Drona Parva battle sequence, Duhshasana attacks Satyaki and pierces him with twenty arrows, as part of a continuing exchange of strikes between opposing warriors.