Shloka 523
शल्यपरिघातः (Śalya Under Encirclement) — Mahābhārata, Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 12
ट्रुमसेनं चतुःषष्ट्या निजघान महारथ: । इसके बाद महारथी युधिष्छिरने सत्तर बाणोंसे चन्द्रसेनको, नौ बाणोंसे शल्यके सारथिको और चौंसठ बाणोंसे ट्रमसेनको मार डाला
trumasenaṃ catuḥṣaṣṭyā nijaghāna mahārathaḥ |
सञ्जय उवाच—महारथस्त्रुमसेनं चतुःषष्ट्या शरैर्निजघान। ततः स एव युधिष्ठिरः सत्तर्या शरैश्चन्द्रसेनं, नवभिः शल्यस्य सारथिं, चतुःषष्ट्या च त्रुमसेनं निहत्य रणं प्रचोदयामास।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse reflects kṣatriya-dharma in its hardest form: when war is already joined, a ruler must act decisively and skillfully to protect his side and uphold his pledged duty, while keeping violence purposeful rather than wanton.
Sanjaya reports a sequence of battlefield kills: Trumasena is brought down with sixty-four arrows; additionally, Yudhiṣṭhira strikes down Candrasena with seventy arrows and kills Shalya’s charioteer with nine arrows.