Shloka 16
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ६६: तुमुलसंग्रामवर्णनम्
The Tumult of Battle Described
भीमसेनो महाबाहुस्तव पुत्रस्य वै बले । महाबाहु भीमसेन रथोंसे रथियोंको, हाथियोंसे हाथी-सवारोंको, घोड़ोंकी पीठोंसे घुड़सवारोंको और पृथ्वीपर पैदलोंको मसलते हुए गदासे आपके पुत्रकी सेनाके सब लोगोंको उसी प्रकार नष्ट कर देते थे, जैसे हवा अपने वेगसे वृक्षोंको उखाड़ फेंकती है ।। सापि मज्जावसामांसै: प्रदिग्धा रुधिरेण च
bhīmaseno mahābāhus tava putrasya vai bale | rathai rathinaḥ, hastibhir hastyārohān, aśvapṛṣṭhair aśvārūḍhān, pṛthivyāṃ padātīn mṛdnann iva gadayā tava putrasya senāyāḥ sarvān janān tathā nighnanti sma, yathā vāyur vegena vṛkṣān unmūlayati || sāpi majjāvasāmāṃsaiḥ pradigdhā rudhireṇa ca
Sañjaya said: Mighty-armed Bhīmasena, in the very midst of your son’s host, crushed charioteers with chariots, elephant-riders with elephants, horsemen from the backs of horses, and foot-soldiers upon the earth; with his mace he kept destroying the men of your son’s army—just as the wind, by its force, uproots trees. And that battlefield too was smeared with marrow, fat, and flesh, and drenched with blood.
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