Shloka 5
अर्जुनस्य प्रतिघातः — श्रुताय्वच्युतायुवधः तथा गजसैन्यविदारणम्
Arjuna’s Counterstroke: Slaying of Śrutāyu and Acyutāyu; Breaking the Elephant Corps
महिषानप्यतिबलो बलिनो विचकर्ष ह । सिंहानां च सुदृप्तानां शतान्याकर्षयद् बलात्,भरतका बल असीम था। वे बलवान भैंसों और सौ-सौ गर्वीले सिंहोंको भी बलपूर्वक घसीट लाते थे
mahiṣān apy atibalo balino vicakarṣa ha | siṁhānāṁ ca sudṛptānāṁ śatāny ākarṣayad balāt |
নাৰদে ক’লে—সেয়া আছিল অপৰিমেয় বলশালী। সেয়া বলৰ জোৰে বলৱান মহিষকো টানি আনিছিল, আৰু গৰ্বে উন্মত্ত সিংহৰ শত শতকোও বলপূৰ্বক আকর্ষণ কৰিছিল।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses hyperbolic imagery to convey overwhelming strength, reminding readers that in the Mahābhārata’s war setting, power can inspire awe and fear and becomes a decisive factor that complicates dharma—since immense force, if unchecked by restraint and right purpose, can magnify harm.
Nārada is describing a person of extraordinary physical might, emphasizing that he could forcibly drag even strong buffaloes and hundreds of proud lions—an epic-style characterization meant to establish the figure’s formidable nature within the unfolding war narrative.