Shloka 13
कुलिन्दराजावरजादनन्तर: स्तनान्तरे पत्रिवरैरताडयत् । तवात्मजं तस्य तवात्मज: शरै: शितै: शरीरं व्यहनद् द्विपं च तम्,कुलिन्दराजके छोटे भाईसे भी जो छोटा था, उसने श्रेष्ठ बाणोंद्वारा आपके पुत्रकी छातीमें चोट पहुँचायी। तब आपके पुत्रने अपने तीखे बाणोंसे उसके शरीर और हाथी दोनोंको घायल कर दिया
kulindarājāvarajād anantaraḥ stanāntare patrivarair atāḍayat | tavātmajaṃ tasya tavātmajaḥ śaraiḥ śitaiḥ śarīraṃ vyahanad dvipaṃ ca tam ||
सञ्जय उवाच— कुलिन्दराजस्य कनिष्ठभ्रातुः कनिष्ठो योऽभवत्, स तव पुत्रस्य वक्षसि पत्रिवरैः शरैः समताडयत्। ततः तव पुत्रः शितैः शरैस्तस्य शरीरं द्विपं च व्यहनत्।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the battlefield ethic of immediate counterstrike: injury provokes retaliation, and violence tends to expand (here, from the warrior to his elephant). It implicitly warns how quickly conflict escalates when driven by anger and martial pride.
A Kulinda warrior (described through a chain of kinship) shoots Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son in the chest with fine arrows. Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son answers by shooting back with sharp arrows, wounding both the attacker and the elephant he rides.