Shloka 43
द्रौणिप्रतिज्ञा–नारायणास्त्रवर्णनम्
Drauṇi’s Vow and the Description of the Nārāyaṇāstra
क्षुरप्रेण धनुस्तस्य चिच्छेद तनयस्तव । अथैनं दशभिर्बाणैश्छिन्नधन्वानमार्दयत्,तब आपके पुत्रने एक क्षुरप्रसे प्रतिविन्ध्यका धनुष काट दिया और धनुष कट जानेपर उसे दस बाणोंसे गहरी चोट पहुँचायी
kṣurapreṇa dhanus tasya ciccheda tanayas tava | athainaṃ daśabhir bāṇaiś chinnadhanvān amādayat ||
सञ्जय उवाच—क्षुरप्रेण धनुस्तस्य चिच्छेद तनयस्तव। अथैनं दशभिर्बाणैश्छिन्नधन्वानमार्दयत्॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how quickly advantage shifts in war: disabling an opponent’s weapon becomes an immediate ethical and tactical turning point, revealing the harsh kṣatriya reality where vulnerability is swiftly exploited.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a Kaurava warrior (addressed as 'your son') severs the opponent’s bow with a razor-headed arrow and then wounds the now-disarmed fighter with ten arrows.