Shloka 86
कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५९
Arjuna Breaks the Encirclement; Bhīma Reinforces
अक्षौहिण्यस्तथा तिस्रो धार्तराष्ट्रस्य संहता: । क़्ुद्धेन भीमसेनेन नरसिंहेन वारिता:
akṣauhiṇyastathā tisro dhārtarāṣṭrasya saṃhatāḥ | kruddhena bhīmasenena narasiṃhena vāritāḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “Thus, three complete akṣauhiṇīs of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s forces, massed together in formation, were checked and held back by the enraged Bhīmasena—lion among men.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how concentrated resolve and martial excellence can halt even overwhelming force; ethically, it also shows how anger (krodha) becomes a powerful battlefield driver, intensifying violence and testing self-mastery within kṣatriya-dharma.
Sañjaya reports that three akṣauhiṇīs of the Kaurava host, gathered together, were nevertheless stopped in their advance by Bhīma, who—fighting in fury—acts like a ‘lion among men’ and blocks their movement.