Shloka 53
कर्णभीमसेनयुद्धम् | Karṇa–Bhīmasena Engagement
Chapter 111
विद्ध्वा विद्ध्वा नदद्धृष्ट:पूरयन् खं समन्ततः । राजन! इसी प्रकार अलम्बुष भी युद्धदुर्मद घटोत्कचको बारंबार घायल करके समूचे आकाशको हर्षपूर्वक गुँजाता हुआ सिंहनाद करता था
sañjaya uvāca | viddhvā viddhvā na dadṛṣṭaḥ pūrayan khaṃ samantataḥ | rājan! evaṃ prakāram alambuṣo 'pi yuddha-durmadam ghaṭotkacaṃ bāraṃbāraṃ ghālayitvā samūcam ākāśaṃ harṣapūrvakaṃ guñjayan siṃhanādaṃ karoti sma |
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—বাৰে বাৰে বিদ্ধ কৰি সি ধৃষ্ট হৈ গর্জি উঠিছিল আৰু চাৰিওফালে আকাশ ভৰাই দিছিল। হে ৰাজন! তেনেকৈ আলম্বুষেও যুদ্ধদুর্মদ ঘটোৎকচক পুনঃপুনঃ আহত কৰি হর্ষেৰে সিংহনাদ কৰিছিল, সমগ্ৰ আকাশমণ্ডল গুঞ্জাই তুলিছিল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in war, triumph and cruelty can be accompanied by exultation and loud self-assertion; it implicitly contrasts martial pride with the sobering reality that repeated wounding and roaring are signs of escalating adharma-driven ferocity rather than true ethical victory.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that Alambusha repeatedly wounds the battle-frenzied Ghatotkacha and, exhilarated, makes the sky echo on all sides with a lion-like roar—depicting the intensity and spectacle of the ongoing combat.