Shloka 49
अन्यानपि महाराज तापयामास पार्थिवान् | महाराज! इसी प्रकार अंशुमाली सूर्यके समान अन्यान्य राजाओंको भी वे अपने बाणोंकी वर्षासे संतप्त करने लगे || ४८ ह ।।
sañjaya uvāca |
anyān api mahārāja tāpayāmāsa pārthivān |
parāṅmukhīkṛtya tathā śaravarṣair amahārathān |
atha bhārata! tān sarvān mahārathīn bāṇavarṣadvārā vimukhīkṛtya arjunaḥ saṅgrāmabhūmau kaurava-pāṇḍavayoḥ senayor madhye raktasya bahulāṃ nadīm avāhayat |
হে মহারাজ! তিনি অন্য রাজাদেরও দগ্ধ করলেন। অংশুমালী সূর্যের মতো বাণবৃষ্টিতে তিনি আরও আরও নৃপতিদের ক্লিষ্ট করতে লাগলেন।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the dual reality of kṣatriya prowess: martial excellence can be dharmically framed as duty in war, yet its immediate fruit is immense suffering. The image of a 'river of blood' functions as an ethical reminder that victory in battle carries grave human cost, especially in a conflict among relatives.
Sanjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna, by relentless showers of arrows, repulses both lesser warriors and great chariot-fighters, scorching many kings. Between the Kaurava and Pandava armies, the fighting becomes so intense that it is poetically described as creating a vast river of blood on the battlefield.