Shloka 112
अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च
Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter
स पपात ततो वाहात् सुलोहितपरिसत्रव: । मन:शिलागिरे: शृड़ं वज्ेणेवावदारितम्,फिर तो वह रक्तका झरना-सा बहाता हुआ अपने वाहनसे नीचे गिर पड़ा, मानो मैनसिलके पहाड़का शिखर वज्रसे विदीर्ण होकर भूतलपर आ गिरा हो
sa papāta tato vāhāt sulohita-parisravaḥ | manaḥśilā-gireḥ śṛṅgaṃ vajreṇevāvadāritam ||
তখন সে গাঢ় লাল রক্তধারা ঝরাতে ঝরাতে নিজের রথ থেকে নিচে লুটিয়ে পড়ল—যেন বজ্রে বিদীর্ণ হয়ে মনঃশিলা পর্বতের শিখর ভূমিতে আছড়ে পড়েছে।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights impermanence and the leveling power of death in war: even a great warrior can be brought down instantly, and the epic frames this through a cosmic simile (a mountain-peak shattered by Vajra) to stress the moral gravity and irreversible consequences of violence.
Sañjaya reports that a warrior has been struck down and falls from his chariot, bleeding profusely. The fall is compared to a mountain summit split by a thunderbolt and collapsing to the ground, emphasizing the force of the blow and the dramatic downfall.