Shloka 6
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 25 — Bhīma’s Disruption of Elephant Formations and Bhagadatta’s Shock Advance
त॑ं बाणैरवतस्तार क्रुद्धो मृत्युरिवाहवे । तं च भीमो5तुदद् बाणैस्तदा55सीत् तुमुलं महत्,उसने क्रोधमें भरी हुई मृत्युके समान युद्धस्थलमें बाणोंद्वारा भीमसेनको ढक दिया। साथ ही भीमसेनने भी अपने बाणोंद्वारा उसे गहरी चोट पहुँचायी। इस प्रकार उन दोनोंमें महाभयंकर युद्ध होने लगा
taṁ bāṇair avatastāra kruddho mṛtyur ivāhave | taṁ ca bhīmo 'tudad bāṇais tadā 'sīt tumulaṁ mahat ||
Sañjaya said: Enraged like Death itself upon the battlefield, he covered Bhīmasena with a shower of arrows. Bhīma, in turn, struck him hard with his own shafts. Thus, between the two, a vast and terrifying combat arose.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in war, wrath can make a warrior appear like personified Death—an ethical reminder that martial prowess, when driven by anger, becomes indiscriminate and terrifying. It implicitly contrasts the kṣatriya’s duty to fight with the peril of letting rage dominate one’s conduct.
Sañjaya describes a fierce exchange: one warrior overwhelms Bhīma with a dense volley of arrows; Bhīma retaliates by striking him with his own arrows. Their encounter escalates into a great, tumultuous, fearsome duel.