Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 28
शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni
with Ulūka’s fall
तदनीकमभिप्रेक्ष्य त्रय: सज्जा महारथा:,मान्यवर! उस सेनाको देखकर तीन महारथी भीमसेन, अर्जुन और सहदेव युद्ध- सामग्रीसे सुसज्जित हो दुर्योधनके वधकी इच्छासे सिंहनाद करते हुए आगे बढ़े
tad anīkam abhiprekṣya trayaḥ sajjā mahārathāḥ
Dijo Sañjaya: Al ver aquel despliegue de batalla, tres grandes guerreros de carro—Bhīmasena, Arjuna y Sahadeva—plenamente armados y dispuestos al combate, avanzaron con rugidos de león, resueltos a dar muerte a Duryodhana. El verso subraya la determinación culminante de los campeones pándavas: su brío marcial se orienta a poner fin a la guerra golpeando a su principal instigador, encuadrando la violencia como un acto dirigido dentro de la áspera lógica del deber kṣatriya, y no como simple sed de sangre.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined resolve in a dharmic crisis: the warriors’ force is not portrayed as random aggression but as a focused attempt to end adharma by confronting the principal cause of the conflict. It reflects the Mahābhārata’s tension between the horror of war and the kṣatriya obligation to act decisively when injustice has become entrenched.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, upon seeing the opposing formation, three Pāṇḍava champions—Bhīma, Arjuna, and Sahadeva—arm themselves, roar like lions, and surge forward, determined to kill Duryodhana.