Shloka 1236
Book 9 (Śalya-parva), Adhyāya 13 — Arjuna’s Arrow-storm and the Drauṇi Confrontation
धर्मराजस्तथा षष्ट्या गात्रे शल्यं समार्पयत् । तत्पश्चात् भीमसेनने सत्तर, सात्यकिने नौ और धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरने साठ बाणोंसे शल्यके शरीरको चोट पहुँचायी
sañjaya uvāca | dharmarājas tathā ṣaṣṭyā gātre śalyaṃ samārpayat | tatpaścāt bhīmasenena saptatyā sātyakine navabhiḥ dharmarājā yudhiṣṭhirena ṣaṣṭyā bāṇaiḥ śalyasya śarīraṃ samāhatam |
सञ्जय उवाच—धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः शल्यस्य गात्रे षष्ट्या शरैः समार्पयत्। ततः भीमसेनः सप्तत्या, सात्यकिः नवभिः, पुनश्च धर्मराजो षष्ट्या शरैः शल्यं विव्याध। युद्धधर्मस्य दारुणे नियमे पाण्डवाः कर्तव्यपरायणाः सन्तो निःशेषं मनोविकारं निगृह्य सम्यग् आक्रमं चक्रुः॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the righteous (Dharmaraja) may be compelled to act forcefully when bound by kṣatriya-dharma; the episode highlights disciplined action under duty in a tragic war, rather than personal hatred as the guiding motive.
Sanjaya reports a sequence of coordinated attacks on King Śalya: Yudhiṣṭhira hits him with sixty arrows, then Bhīma with seventy, Sātyaki with nine, and Yudhiṣṭhira again with sixty—showing sustained pressure in the battlefield exchange.