Shloka 54
भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः
Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas
प्रतपन्तमिवादित्यं मध्यमासाद्य सेनयो: । वरान् वरान् विनिष्नन्तं पाण्डुपुत्रस्य सैनिकान्
pratapantam ivādityaṁ madhyam āsādya senayoḥ | varān varān viniṣṇantaṁ pāṇḍuputrasya sainikān |
दोनों सेनाओं के मध्य में पहुँचकर वह तपते हुए सूर्य के समान दहक रहा था और पाण्डुपुत्र की सेना के श्रेष्ठ-श्रेष्ठ योद्धाओं को बार-बार गिरा रहा था।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war magnifies individual power into overwhelming destruction, prompting reflection on the ethical burden of kṣatriya combat: even when framed as duty, the reality is the repeated fall of the ‘best’ among men.
Sañjaya describes a warrior entering the center between the two armies and, shining like the sun, repeatedly cutting down the foremost fighters among the Pāṇḍava troops.