Shloka 50
शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni
with Ulūka’s fall
सुदर्शनमदृश्यं तं शरैश्नक्रे हसन्निव । ततोअस्य प्रहसन् क्रुद्ध: शिर: कायादपाहरत्
sudarśanam adṛśyaṃ taṃ śaraiḥ śakre hasann iva | tato 'sya prahasan kruddhaḥ śiraḥ kāyād apāharat ||
সঞ্জয় ক’লে—ইন্দ্ৰে যেন হাঁহি হাঁহি নিজৰ বাণে সেই সুদৰ্শনক অদৃশ্য কৰি দিলে। তাৰ পাছত ক্ৰোধে পূৰ্ণ হৈও হাঁহি থকা ভঙ্গিতে, তাৰ দেহৰ পৰা মূৰ বিচ্ছিন্ন কৰিলে।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the swift and overwhelming nature of superior power in a righteous-cosmic order: in the chaos of war, arrogance or unchecked aggression can meet sudden retribution, and even a warrior’s strength is fragile before a higher force.
Sañjaya narrates that Indra (Śakra) strikes Sudarśana with arrows so that he becomes unseen, and then—laughing yet enraged—Indra severs Sudarśana’s head from his body, describing a decisive killing blow.