Shloka 14
महारथी पौरवने युद्धमें महाधनुर्धर धृष्टकेतुको बाणोंद्वारा आच्छादित करके उन्हें बारंबार घायल किया ।। तथैव पौरवं युद्धे धृष्टकेतुर्महारथ: । त्रिंशता निशितैर्बाणैविव्याधाशु महाभुज:,उसी प्रकार महारथी महाबाहु धृष्टकेतुने युद्धस्थलमें तीस पैने बाणोंद्वारा पौरवको भी तुरंत ही घायल कर दिया
sañjaya uvāca | tathāiva pauravaṁ yuddhe dhṛṣṭaketur mahārathaḥ | triṁśatā niśitair bāṇair vivyādha āśu mahābhujaḥ ||
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संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the symmetry of violence in war: injury is met with counter-injury. It implicitly frames battlefield action as driven by kṣatriya prowess and obligation, while reminding the listener that such exchanges accumulate suffering within a broader conflict that tests dharma.
Sanjaya reports that Dhṛṣṭaketu, an elite warrior, quickly strikes a Paurava opponent with thirty sharp arrows, wounding him—an immediate retaliation within an ongoing duel-like exchange amid the larger Kurukṣetra battle.