Shloka 22
Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 17 — Śālva’s encampment and the Yādava counter-engagement at Dvārakā
तैः स विद्धों महाबाहु: प्रद्युम्न: समरे स्थित: । जन्रुदेशे भृशं वीरो व्यवासीदद् रथे तदा,शाल्वके उन बाणोंद्वारा कण्ठके मूलभागमें गहरा आघात लगनेसे अत्यन्त घायल होकर समरमें स्थित महाबाहु वीर प्रद्युम्म उस समय रथपर मूर्च्छित हो गये
taiḥ sa viddho mahābāhuḥ pradyumnaḥ samare sthitaḥ | grīvādeśe bhṛśaṁ vīro vyavāsīd rathē tadā ||
被那些箭矢射中，臂力雄伟的普拉丢摩那虽仍立于战阵之中，却在颈项要害处受了重创。为那一击所压倒，这位英雄遂在战车上昏厥倒伏——显出纵有绝伦勇烈，也会被战争那冷酷而无情的力量所遏止。
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the vulnerability of even the greatest warriors: courage and duty may keep one in the fight, yet the realities of violence and bodily limitation can abruptly overturn strength. It invites reflection on the ethical cost of war and the impermanence of worldly power.
Pradyumna is pierced by arrows and suffers a severe wound at the neck. Though he had remained in battle, the injury overwhelms him and he collapses unconscious on his chariot.