Shloka 30
युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya
शल्यं नवत्या विव्याध त्रिसप्तत्या च सूतजम् । तांस्तस्य गोप्तृन् विव्याध त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरजिह्मगै:
śalyaṃ navatyā vivyādha trisaptatyā ca sūtajam | tāṃs tasya goptṝn vivyādha tribhis tribhir ajihmagaiḥ ||
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: Tinusok niya si Śalya ng siyamnapung palaso, at si Karṇa—ang anak ng kutsero—ng pitumpu’t tatlo. Pagkaraan, tinamaan din niya ang mga tagapagtanggol ni Karṇa, bawat isa’y binutas ng tig-tatlong palasong tuwid ang lipad—larawan ng disiplinadong lakas-mandirigma sa gitna ng malupit na dharma ng digmaan.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the grim discipline of kṣatriya-dharma in war: effectiveness, precision, and resolve are praised as martial virtues, even while the action underscores the tragic moral tension of duty expressed through violence.
In the battle report narrated by Sañjaya, a warrior (implied from context) shoots Śalya with ninety arrows and Karṇa with seventy-three, and then pierces Karṇa’s supporting defenders with three straight-flying arrows each.