Shloka 27
Saubhadra under Concentrated Assault; Pārṣata’s Intervention and Escalation
पातयामास समरे सिंहनादं ननाद च । ततो<5परेण भल्लेन हस्ताच्चापमथाच्छिनत्
sañjaya uvāca | pātayāmāsa samare siṃhanādaṃ nanāda ca | tato 'pareṇa bhallena hastāc cāpam athācchinat |
সমরে তাকে নিপাত করে তিনি সিংহনাদ করলেন; তারপর আরেক ভল্লবাণে তার হাতের ধনুকটিও কেটে দিলেন।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the harsh ethic of battlefield dharma: victory often comes through disabling the opponent’s means of fighting. It highlights how martial prowess, when bound to war, expresses itself as decisive action rather than moral persuasion.
Sanjaya reports that a warrior strikes down an enemy (implied charioteer) and roars loudly in triumph; then, with another arrow, he severs the opponent’s bow from his hand, effectively neutralizing him.