Shloka 29
प्राग्ज्योतिषे वज्रदत्त-धनंजय-समागमः
Vajradatta Confronts Dhanaṃjaya at Prāgjyotiṣa
ततो योधान् जघानाशु तेषां स दश चाष्ट च । महेन्द्रवज़प्रतिमैरायसैर्बहुभि: शरै:
tato yodhān jaghānāśu teṣāṃ sa daśa cāṣṭa ca | mahendra-vajra-pratimair āyasair bahubhiḥ śaraiḥ ||
Lalu, seketika itu juga, ia menumbangkan para prajurit mereka—sepuluh dan delapan lagi—menghantarkan delapan belas kesatria utama ke alam Yama dengan tak terhitung anak panah besi, dahsyat tak tertahankan laksana wajra Indra.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the terrifying efficiency of battlefield power—likened to Indra’s vajra—while implicitly pointing to the ethical gravity of war: even when action aligns with a warrior’s duty, it results in irreversible loss and demands moral reflection.
The narrator states that a single fighter rapidly kills eighteen of the opposing side’s prominent warriors using numerous iron arrows, described as intolerable and thunderbolt-like in force.