Shloka 41
भीमसेन-धृष्टद्युम्नयोर्वाक्यं
Bhīmasena and Dhṛṣṭadyumna’s Speeches on Kṣātra-Dharma
इस प्रकार समरभूमिमें राक्षसराज घटोत्कचको घायल करके महारथी द्रोणपुत्रने बड़े जोरसे गर्जना की ।। पूजितस्तव पुत्रैश्न सर्वयोधैश्व भारत । वपुषातिप्रजज्वाल मध्याह्न इव भास्कर:,भरतनन्दन! उस समय सम्पूर्ण योद्धाओं तथा आपके पुत्रोंद्वारा पूजित हुआ अश्वत्थामा अपने शरीरसे मध्याह्न-कालके सूर्यकी भाँति अत्यन्त प्रकाशित हो रहा था
sañjaya uvāca |
iti prakāraṁ samara-bhūmau rākṣasa-rājaṁ ghaṭotkacaṁ ghālayitvā mahā-rathī droṇa-putro 'śvatthāmā mahā-vegena garjanāṁ cakāra ||
pūjitas tava putraiś ca sarva-yodhaiś ca bhārata |
vapuṣātiprajajvāla madhyāhna iva bhāskaraḥ ||
bharata-nandana! tadā sampūrṇa-yoddhābhiḥ tava putraiś ca pūjitaḥ aśvatthāmā sva-vapuṣā madhyāhna-kāla-sūrya iva atīva prakāśamānaḥ babhūva |
Sanjaya said: Thus, on the battlefield, after grievously wounding Ghaṭotkaca, the rākṣasa-king, Aśvatthāmā—Droṇa’s son, a mighty chariot-warrior—roared with tremendous force. Honoured by your sons and by all the warriors, O Bhārata, he blazed in his very person like the sun at midday. O delight of the Bharatas, in that moment Aśvatthāmā, acclaimed by the whole host and by your sons, shone with overpowering radiance—an image of martial pride and the intoxicating praise that war bestows.
संजय उवाच