Shloka 5
दुःशासन-सहदेव-संक्षोभः; भीम-राधेय-गदायुद्धम्; द्रोण-पार्थ-अस्त्रसंग्रामः
Duhshasana–Sahadeva Clash; Bhima–Karna Mace Exchange; Drona–Arjuna Astra Duel
निकृत्य पृथिवीं चक्रे भीम: शोणितकर्दमाम् । अभीषाह तथा शूरसेन देशके रणदुर्मद क्षत्रियोंको भी काट-काटकर भीमसेनने वहाँकी भूमिको खूनसे कीचड़मयी बना दिया ।। ४ ई ।। यौधेयानद्रिजान् राजन् मद्रकान्मालवानपि
nikṛtya pṛthivīṃ cakre bhīmaḥ śoṇita-kardamām | abhīṣāḥ tathā śūrasena-deśake raṇa-durmada-kṣatriyān api kāṭa-kāṭa-kara bhīmaseno vahāṃ bhūmiṃ khūna-se kīcaḍa-mayīṃ cakāra || yautheyān adrījān rājan madrakān mālavān api ||
Sañjaya berkata: Setelah menumbangkan para kesatria, Bhīma menjadikan bumi berlumpur darah. Demikian pula para Kṣatriya Śūrasena yang mabuk perang ia tebas habis; dan di sana Bhīmasena membuat tanah menjadi becek oleh gore. Wahai Raja, ia juga menebas Yautheya, orang-orang pegunungan, Madraka, dan Mālava.
संयज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral weight and destructive consequence of war: even when framed as Kṣatriya duty, unchecked battle-fury turns the very earth into a symbol of suffering, reminding the listener that victory is purchased through grievous loss.
Sañjaya reports to the king that Bhīma is cutting down multiple allied warrior-groups—those of Śūrasena as well as the Yautheyas, hill-men, Madrakas, and Mālavas—so intensely that the battlefield ground becomes a mire of blood.