Mahabharata 7.110.13 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 110, Shloka 13
Adhyāya 110: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament on Fate; Saṃjaya’s Reproof and the Princes’ Assault on Bhīma (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय ११०)
अलम्बुषस्तु समरे भीमसेनं महाबलम् । योधयामास संक्रुद्धो लक्ष्मणं रावणिर्यथा
alambuṣas tu samare bhīmasenaṁ mahābalam | yodhayāmāsa saṁkruddho lakṣmaṇaṁ rāvaṇir yathā ||
তারপর সমরে ক্রোধে উন্মত্ত রাক্ষস অলম্বুষ মহাবলী ভীমসেনের সঙ্গে যুদ্ধ আরম্ভ করল—যেমন প্রাচীনকালে রাবণপুত্র মেঘনাদ লক্ষ্মণের সঙ্গে যুদ্ধ করেছিল।
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The verse highlights how krodha (wrath) fuels escalation in war, and how poets use remembered archetypal battles (Indrajit vs Lakṣmaṇa) to interpret present events—suggesting that unchecked anger and rivalry can make combat mirror earlier cycles of violence.
Sañjaya reports that the rākṣasa Alambuṣa, furious, directly challenges and fights Bhīma on the battlefield, and the encounter is likened to Indrajit’s famed combat with Lakṣmaṇa in the Rāmāyaṇa.
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