Shloka 29
कर्णभीमयुद्धम्
Karna–Bhīma Combat Report
शक्ति जग्राह समरे गिरीणामपि दारिणीम् । स्वर्णदण्डां महाघोरामष्टघण्टां भयावहाम्
śaktiṁ jagrāha samare girīṇām api dāriṇīm | svarṇadaṇḍāṁ mahāghorām aṣṭaghaṇṭāṁ bhayāvahām ||
قال سنجيا: وفي خضمّ القتال قبض على سلاح «شاكتي»—مهيبٍ إلى حدّ أنه يشقّ حتى الجبال—ذو ساقٍ من ذهب، بالغ الهول، مُعلّقٍ بثمانية أجراس، مرعبٍ للناظرين.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral atmosphere of the Kurukṣetra war: as combatants resort to ever more dreadful weapons, fear and destruction intensify. Implicitly, it cautions that unchecked martial fury and reliance on overpowering force deepen suffering and darken the ethical landscape of war.
Sañjaya narrates that a warrior takes up a powerful śakti (spear-like missile), described in vivid, ominous detail—capable of splitting mountains, with a golden shaft and eight bells—signaling a dangerous turn in the battle.