Shloka 24
Adhyāya 21 — Duryodhanasya bāṇavarṣaḥ
Duryodhana’s Arrow-Storm and the Dust-Obscured Engagements
तच्छूलं सात्वतो हाजोौ निर्भिद्य निशितै: शरै: । चूर्णितं पातयामास मोहयन्निव माधवम्,परंतु सात्यकिने युद्धस्थलमें अपने पैने बाणोंद्वारा उस शूलको काटकर चकनाचूर कर दिया और कृतवर्माकों मोहमें डालते हुए-से उस चूर-चूर हुए शूलको पृथ्वीपर गिरा दिया
tacchūlaṃ sātvato hājo nirbhidya niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | cūrṇitaṃ pātayāmāsa mohayann iva mādhavam ||
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: Ang mandirigmang Sātvata ay tumusok at dumurog sa sibat na iyon sa pamamagitan ng kanyang mga palasong matalas, at waring nililito maging si Mādhava, pinabagsak niya sa lupa ang sandatang nagkadurug-durog.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in violent conflict, the text highlights disciplined skill and alertness: a lethal threat is met not with panic but with precise action, suggesting that steadiness of mind is a decisive ethical and practical strength in crisis.
Sañjaya describes a battlefield moment where the Sātvata hero (typically Sātyaki) counters an incoming spear by striking it with sharp arrows, shattering it and making the broken weapon fall to the ground, in a display likened to ‘bewildering’ Mādhava.