Shloka 186
Book 9 (Śalya-parva), Adhyāya 13 — Arjuna’s Arrow-storm and the Drauṇi Confrontation
मद्राणामधिपं शूरं शरैर्विव्याध पञ्चभि: । जब धर्मपुत्र युधिष्ठिर शल्यके बाणोंसे पीड़ित हो गये, तब क्रोधमें भरे हुए सात्यकिने शूरवीर मद्रराजपर पाँच बाणोंका प्रहार किया
sañjaya uvāca | madrāṇām adhipaṃ śūraṃ śarair vivyādha pañcabhiḥ |
सञ्जय उवाच—तदा सात्यकिः क्रोधसंरब्धो धर्मपुत्रे युधिष्ठिरे शल्यशरैः पीडिते, मद्राणामधिपं शूरं शरैः पञ्चभिर्विव्याध। सख्यधर्मरक्षणे तत्क्षणं रोषः प्रतिशोधं जनयामास।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when fighting for a just cause, anger can quickly arise; the verse highlights the tension between righteous protection of allies and the moral danger of wrath-driven retaliation in war.
After Śalya’s arrows afflict Yudhiṣṭhira, Sātyaki, enraged, counters by piercing Śalya—the heroic king of Madra—with five arrows, as Sañjaya reports.