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Shloka 16

द्रोणपुत्रस्याग्नेयास्त्रप्रयोगः — अर्जुनस्य ब्राह्मास्त्रप्रतिघातः — व्यासोपदेशः

Aśvatthāmā’s Agneyāstra, Arjuna’s Brāhmāstra Counter, and Vyāsa’s Instruction

शल्यश्न दशभिबणिस्त्रिभिर्द:शासनस्तथा । दुर्योधनस्तु विंशत्या शकुनिश्चापि पठचभि:,फिर शल्यने दस, दुःशासनने तीन, दुर्योधनने बीस और शकुनिने पाँच बाणोंसे उन्हें घायल कर दिया

śalyas tu daśabhir bāṇais tribhir duḥśāsanas tathā | duryodhanas tu viṁśatyā śakuniś cāpi pañcabhiḥ ||

సంజయుడు పలికెను—శల్యుడు అతనిని పది బాణాలతో గాయపరిచెను; దుఃశాసనుడు అలాగే మూడు బాణాలతో. ఆపై దుర్యోధనుడు ఇరవై బాణాలతో అతనిని ఛేదించెను; శకుని కూడా ఐదు బాణాలతో—ఇలా వారందరూ వరుసగా అతనిని నిరంతరం గాయపరచిరి.

शल्यःShalya
शल्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशल्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दशभिःwith ten
दशभिः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootदशन्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
बाणैःarrows
बाणैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबाण
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
त्रिभिःwith three
त्रिभिः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
दुःशासनःDuhshasana
दुःशासनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदुःशासन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
दुर्योधनःDuryodhana
दुर्योधनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्योधन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
विंशत्याwith twenty
विंशत्या:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootविंशति
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
शकुनिःShakuni
शकुनिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशकुनि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
पञ्चभिःwith five
पञ्चभिः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्चन्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
Ś
Śalya
D
Duḥśāsana
D
Duryodhana
Ś
Śakuni
A
arrows (bāṇa)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores how warfare rapidly becomes an arithmetic of injury—numbers of arrows replacing moral reflection. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, such scenes highlight the tragic momentum of adharma: once hatred and rivalry dominate, even great warriors participate in escalating harm rather than seeking restraint or reconciliation.

Sañjaya reports a battlefield moment in which Śalya, Duḥśāsana, Duryodhana, and Śakuni successively shoot a warrior (the object is implied by context) with specified counts of arrows—ten, three, twenty, and five—emphasizing coordinated assault and the intensity of the fighting in Droṇa Parva.