Mahabharata 7.68.2 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 68, Shloka 2
अर्जुनस्य प्रतिघातः — श्रुताय्वच्युतायुवधः तथा गजसैन्यविदारणम्
Arjuna’s Counterstroke: Slaying of Śrutāyu and Acyutāyu; Breaking the Elephant Corps
हिमावदातान् यः सिंहान् नखदंष्टायुधान् बली । निर्वीर्यास्तरसा कृत्वा विचकर्ष बबन्ध च
himāvadātān yaḥ siṁhān nakhadaṁṣṭrāyudhān balī | nirvīryās tarasā kṛtvā vicakarṣa babandha ca
نارد نے کہا—وہ زورآور، برف کی طرح سفید شیروں کو بھی—جن کے ہتھیار ناخن اور دانت تھے—اپنے ہی جلالِ قوت سے بےبس کر دیتا؛ انہیں گھسیٹ لاتا اور مضبوطی سے باندھ دیتا تھا۔
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Strength is ethically meaningful when it can subdue and restrain destructive power; mastery includes the capacity to bind and control rather than merely destroy.
Nārada describes a mighty figure overpowering fierce, snow-white lions—whose natural weapons are claws and fangs—rendering them helpless, dragging them, and binding them.
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