Shloka 43
चिच्छेद समरे वीर: क्षिप्रहस्तो दृढायुध: । रथादनवरूढस्य तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्,राजेन्द्र! शीघ्रतापूर्वक हाथ चलानेवाले सुदृढ़ आयुधधारी वीर महारथी अअभ्वत्थामाने समरांगणमें अनेक भल्लोंद्वारा रथसे उतरनेके पहले ही धृष्टद्युम्मकी उस ढाल-तलवारको भी काट दिया। यह एक अद्भुत-सी बात हुई
sañjaya uvāca |
chiccheda samare vīraḥ kṣiprahasto dṛḍhāyudhaḥ |
rathād anavarūḍhasya tad adbhutam ivābhavat, rājendra |
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—সমৰত ক্ষিপ্ৰহস্ত আৰু দৃঢ়ায়ুধধাৰী সেই বীৰে তাক কাটি পেলালে। প্ৰতিদ্বন্দ্বী ৰথৰ পৰা নামাৰ আগতেই তেওঁৰ ঢাল আৰু তৰোৱাল ছিন্ন হ’ল; হে ৰাজশ্ৰেষ্ঠ, ই বিস্ময়কৰ যেন লাগিল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how extraordinary skill and speed in warfare can produce ‘adbhuta’ (astonishment), while implicitly reminding the listener that such prowess, though admired in kṣatriya culture, operates within the grave ethical burden of battlefield violence.
Sañjaya reports that a swift-handed, well-armed hero (contextually Aśvatthāman) cuts down Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s defensive gear—his shield and sword—so quickly that it happens before Dhṛṣṭadyumna can even get down from his chariot, an act described as astonishing.