Shloka 266
Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)
वासुदेवं च दशभिद्रौणिरविव्याध भारत । भरतनन्दन! तब अअश्वत्थामाने अत्यन्त तेज किये हुए सुवर्णमय पंखवाले बारह बाणोंसे अर्जुनको और दस सायकोंसे श्रीकृष्णको भी घायल कर दिया
sañjaya uvāca | vāsudevaṃ ca daśabhir drauṇir avivyādha bhārata | bharatanandana! tadā aśvatthāmā atyanta-tejaḥ-kṛtān suvarṇa-maya-pakṣavān dvādaśa-bāṇaiḥ arjunaṃ daśa-sāyakaiś ca śrīkṛṣṇaṃ api vyathayām āsa |
三阇耶说道：噢，婆罗多啊，德罗那之子阿湿婆他摩以十箭贯穿婆苏提婆（奎师那）。继而，噢，婆罗多族之荣光，阿湿婆他摩——使其飞矢威力倍增，并饰以金翼——以十二箭伤阿周那，又以十矢击中圣奎师那。此景彰显战阵阴沉而无私的冷酷：即便那以箴言引导达摩的御者，也不免遭兵刃之怒；武勇的显现，不顾任何人的神圣与尊严。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the harsh moral atmosphere of war: martial skill and wrath can lead even revered figures to be treated as ordinary targets. It invites reflection on kṣatriya-dharma—courage and combat duty—while also hinting at the ethical tension between prowess and restraint.
Sanjaya reports that Aśvatthāmā, fighting fiercely, shoots powerful, golden-fletched arrows—wounding Arjuna with twelve arrows and also striking Kṛṣṇa (as Arjuna’s charioteer) with ten arrows.