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तथैव कृष्णं नवश्ि: समार्दयत् पुनश्न पार्थ दशभिर्जघान । इसके बाद वृषसेनने भयंकर बाणोंद्वारा अर्जुनकी बायीं भुजाके मूलभागमें पुन: प्रहार किया तथा नौ बाणोंसे श्रीकृष्णको भी चोट पहुँचाकर दस बाणोंद्वारा कुन्तीकुमार अर्जुनको फिर घायल कर दिया
tathaiva kṛṣṇaṃ navaśiḥ samārdayat punaś ca pārthaṃ daśabhir jaghāna |
तथैव वृषसेनः श्रीकृष्णं नवभिरिषुभिरभ्यहनत्, पुनश्च पार्थं दशभिर्जघान। ततः स घोरैर्बाणैः पार्थस्य वामभुजामूलदेशे पुनः प्रहारं चकार, नवभिश्च केशवं विद्ध्वा दशभिः कुन्तीकुमारमर्जुनं पुनरपि व्यथयामास।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights steadfastness in svadharma amid adversity: even when repeatedly wounded and when one’s guide (Kṛṣṇa as charioteer) is attacked, the warrior must maintain composure, courage, and disciplined action rather than collapsing into fear or rage.
Sañjaya reports that the opposing warrior (implied by context as Vṛṣasena) shoots nine arrows at Kṛṣṇa and then again strikes Arjuna with ten arrows, intensifying the duel and showing the sustained pressure on Arjuna’s chariot.