Shloka 28
श्येनवद् विचरन् भीमो गदाहस्तो महाबल: । पञ्चविंशतिसाहस्रांस्तावकान् समपोथयत्,हाथमें गदा लिये बाजके समान विचरते हुए महाबली भीमसेनने आपके उन पचीसों हजार सैनिकोंको मार गिराया
śyenavad vicarann bhīmo gadāhasto mahābalaḥ | pañcaviṃśatisāhasrāṃs tāvakān samapothayat ||
قال سنجيا: إن بهيما، عظيم القوة، وهو قابضٌ على الهراوة، كان يجوب ساحة القتال كالصقر في طيرانه الدائر السريع، فحطّم خمسةً وعشرين ألفًا من محاربيك.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the terrifying efficiency of martial prowess in war and implicitly points to the ethical gravity of kṣatriya-duty: even when fighting is framed as duty, the destruction of vast numbers reveals war’s tragic moral weight.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīma, wielding his mace and moving like a hawk across the field, crushes twenty-five thousand Kaurava soldiers, indicating a major surge of Pāṇḍava dominance in that phase of the battle.