Shloka 28
भीमसेनस्य वेगाभिपातः—विशोकसारथिसंवादश्च
Bhīma’s surge and dialogue with charioteer Viśoka
प्रहसन् प्रतिजग्राह द्रोणपुत्रो महारणे । शत्रुओंको संताप देनेवाले द्रोणपुत्र अश्वत्थामाने उस महासमरमें उन पाण्डव महारथियोंको क्रोधपूर्वक आक्रमण करते देख हँसते हुए उनका सामना किया ।। तत:ः शरशतज्वाल: सेनाकक्षं महारथ:
sañjaya uvāca |
prahasan pratijagrāha droṇaputro mahāraṇe |
śatrūṇāṃ santāpa-dena-vāle droṇaputra aśvatthāmāne tasmin mahāsamare tān pāṇḍava-mahārathīn krodhapūrvakam ākrāmataḥ dṛṣṭvā haṃsate huye tānām samānaṃ kṛtavān ||
tataḥ śara-śata-jvālāḥ senā-kakṣaṃ mahārathaḥ
Sañjaya said: In that great battle, Droṇa’s son (Aśvatthāmā)—a tormentor of his foes—seeing the Pāṇḍava great chariot-warriors advancing in wrath, met their onset with a laugh. Then that great warrior, blazing with hundreds of arrows, pressed into the very enclosure of the army, signaling a fierce escalation in the struggle.
संजय उवाच