Shloka 65
अर्जुनागमनम्
Arjuna’s Arrival and Reunion on the Sacred Mountain
विद्युद्रूपां महाघोरामाकाशे महतीं गदाम् । शरैरबहुभिरभ्यार्च्छद् भीमसेन: शिलाशितै:,वह विशाल एवं महा भयंकर गदा आकाशमें विद्युतकी भाँति चमक उठी। यह देख भीमसेनने पत्थर पर रगड़कर तेज किये हुए बहुत-से बाणोंद्वारा उसपर आघात किया
vidyudrūpāṃ mahāghorām ākāśe mahatīṃ gadām | śarair bahubhir abhyarcchad bhīmasenaḥ śilāśitaiḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: A huge and exceedingly dreadful mace, flashing in the sky like lightning, blazed forth. Seeing it, Bhīmasena struck at it with many arrows, their points honed on stone.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights steadiness and trained response in the face of sudden terror: overwhelming power (the lightning-like mace) is met not with panic but with disciplined action (many well-honed arrows).
A massive, fearsome mace appears flashing like lightning in the sky; Bhīma, seeing this threat, assails it with numerous stone-sharpened arrows.