Shloka 153
स तदासाद्य भूतं वै बिलं नकुलवद् ययौ । फिर बुद्धिमान् द्रोणपुत्रने वह अच्छी-सी तलवार तत्काल ही उस महाभूतपर चला दी; परंतु वह उसके शरीरमें लगकर उसी तरह विलीन हो गयी, जैसे कोई नेवला बिलमें घुस गया हो
sa tadāsādya bhūtaṃ vai bilaṃ nakulavad yayau |
Sañjaya said: Having reached that being, it slipped away into a cavern, like a mongoose darting into its burrow. The scene underscores the futility of brute force against a mysterious, superhuman presence and hints at the moral disarray of the night-raid—where violence meets forces beyond ordinary control.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse suggests that uncontrolled violence—especially in an adharma-tinged context like the Sauptika night attack—can meet resistance from forces beyond human strength; it cautions that power and weapons do not guarantee mastery when moral order is disturbed.
Sañjaya narrates that a mysterious being, once approached, vanishes into a cave/burrow with the quickness of a mongoose, evading direct confrontation and heightening the ominous, supernatural atmosphere of the episode.