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 ||
তেতিয়া তেওঁ সমৰত এক শক্তি অস্ত্ৰ গ্ৰহণ কৰিলে, যি পৰ্বতকো বিদীৰ্ণ কৰিব পাৰে; তাৰ দণ্ড স্বৰ্ণময়, অতিঘোৰ, আঠটা ঘণ্টাৰে সজ্জিত আৰু ভয়াবহ আছিল।
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.