Shloka 19
शल्य–युधिष्ठिरयुद्धप्रारम्भः
Commencement of the Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Duel
सात्यकि च शतेनाजौ सहदेवं त्रिभि: शरै: । ततस्तु सशरं चापं नकुलस्य महात्मन:
sātyakiṃ ca śatenājau sahadevaṃ tribhiḥ śaraiḥ | tatastu saśaraṃ cāpaṃ nakulasya mahātmanaḥ ||
三阇耶说：在战阵最密之处，沙利耶以百箭击萨底耶迦，以三箭伤萨诃提婆。继而他以刃如剃刀的箭矢，将大心者那俱罗之弓连同其上所置之箭斩成碎片——此举显出战争冷酷而精准的法则：武艺之高下，往往在于废其兵器、断其战力，而非徒以杀戮为能。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the harsh ethic of battlefield conduct (kṣatriya-dharma): victory often comes through tactical disabling of an opponent’s capacity to fight (cutting the bow), not only through killing—showing how skill and strategy shape outcomes amid violence.
During the Kurukṣetra battle, Śalya wounds Sātyaki with a hundred arrows and Sahadeva with three, and then severs Nakula’s bow along with its arrows using a razor-edged projectile, scattering the bow into pieces.