Shloka 343
पाण्डवानामनीकानि प्रगृह्मासौ व्यशातयत् | उन्होंने रणभूमिमें भगवान् रुद्र और विष्णुके समान अपना भयंकर रूप दिखाकर पाण्डव-सेनाओंका बलपूर्वक विनाश कर डाला
pāṇḍavānām anīkāni pragṛhya asau vyaśātayat |
Dijo Sañjaya: Aferrándose a las formaciones de los Pāṇḍava, las hizo añicos. En el campo de batalla mostró un aspecto terrible—como Rudra y Viṣṇu—y, por pura fuerza, consumó la destrucción de los ejércitos pándavas, revelando cómo la guerra magnifica tanto la destreza como la ruina más allá de la medida humana.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral gravity of war: extraordinary martial power can resemble divine, world-shaking force, yet its immediate fruit is devastation. It invites reflection on how violence, even when framed within kṣatriya duty, rapidly escalates into widespread suffering and loss.
Sañjaya reports that a leading warrior on the field seizes and breaks the Pāṇḍavas’ troop-formations, displaying a fearsome, overwhelming presence likened to Rudra and Viṣṇu, and thereby causes heavy destruction among the Pāṇḍava forces.