Shloka 17
कर्णभीमयुद्धम्
Karna–Bhīma Combat Report
तयो: समभवद् युद्ध नरराक्षसयोर्मथे । यादृगेव पुरा वृत्तं रामरावणयोरनप,राजन! पूर्वकालमें जिस प्रकार श्रीराम और रावणका संग्राम हुआ था, उसी प्रकार उस रणक्षेत्रमें मानव भीमसेन तथा राक्षस अलम्बुषका युद्ध हुआ
tayoḥ samabhavad yuddhaṁ nara-rākṣasayor mathe | yādṛg eva purā vṛttaṁ rāma-rāvaṇayor anupa rājan ||
সেই দুয়োৰ মাজত ৰণমধ্যত নৰ আৰু ৰাক্ষসৰ ঘোৰ যুদ্ধ আৰম্ভ হ’ল। হে ৰাজন, পুৰ্বকালত ৰাম আৰু ৰাৱণৰ যি যুদ্ধ হৈছিল, তেনেদৰেই তাত মানৱ ভীমসেন আৰু ৰাক্ষস অলম্বুষৰ যুদ্ধ হ’ল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a present conflict through an earlier epic paradigm (Rāma–Rāvaṇa), implying that battles are not merely physical contests but moral narratives: the human champion stands as a force of dharma against a destructive, rākṣasa-like adversary.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a fierce duel has erupted on the battlefield: Bhīmasena fights the rākṣasa Alambuṣa, and the intensity is likened to the famed war between Rāma and Rāvaṇa.