Shloka 1
(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके ८ ३ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल ४४३ “लोक हैं।) भीकम (2 अमान ग्रय्शीतितमो<ध्याय: भीमद्वारा दुःशासनका रक्तपान और उसका वध
sañjaya uvāca | tatrākarod duṣkaraṃ rājaputro duḥśāsanas tumulaṃ yuddhyamānaḥ | ciccheda bhīmasya dhanuḥ śareṇa ṣaṣṭyā śaraiḥ sārathim apy avidhyat |
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: O Hari, doon, sa gitna ng magulong labanan, ipinamalas ng prinsipe na si Duhśāsana ang isang gawang mahirap gawin. Sa iisang palaso ay pinutol niya ang busog ni Bhīma, at sa animnapung palaso ay tinamaan pa niya maging ang kutsero ni Bhīma.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Martial excellence (śaurya/kaushala) is ethically neutral by itself; in the Mahābhārata it becomes morally meaningful only when aligned with dharma. Duhśāsana’s impressive skill is narrated without endorsing his cause, reminding the listener that power used in an unrighteous trajectory deepens the tragedy of war.
In the thick of battle, Duhśāsana performs a striking act of archery: he severs Bhīma’s bow with one arrow and then wounds Bhīma’s charioteer with sixty arrows, intensifying the combat and setting up Bhīma’s retaliatory fury later in the episode.