Shloka 523
Bhagadatta’s Advance, the Saṃśaptaka Challenge, and Arjuna’s Counterstrike (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय २६)
सुपर्वा पर्वतपतिर्निन्ये वैवस्वतक्षयम् । यह देख जिनके अंगोंकी जोड़ सुन्दर है उन पर्वतराज भगदत्तने झुकी हुई गाँठवाले बाणके द्वारा रुचिपर्वाको यमलोक पहुँचा दिया
sañjaya uvāca | suparvā parvatapatir ninye vaivasvatakṣayam |
Sañjaya dit : Suparvā, seigneur des montagnes, envoya (son adversaire) à la demeure de Vaivasvata — le royaume de Yama. Ainsi Bhagadatta, tel un roi des monts aux membres harmonieusement assemblés, d’une flèche à pointe recourbée expédia Ruciparvā vers le monde de Yama.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when warfare is framed within kṣatriya-dharma, its immediate outcome is death and passage to Yama’s realm; the verse underscores the grave ethical weight of violence and the inevitability of mortality.
Sañjaya reports that Suparvā, described as a ‘mountain-lord,’ kills his opponent—figuratively ‘sending’ him to Vaivasvata (Yama), i.e., to the realm of death—during the fighting in Droṇa Parva.