Shloka 49
Śiva’s Battlefield Manifestation and Vyāsa’s Śatarudrīya Exposition (शिवप्रादुर्भावः शतरुद्रीयव्याख्यानम्)
व्यधमत् कौरवीं सेनामासुरीं मघवानिव । महारथी धृष्टद्युम्नने तुरंत ही अपने बाणोंद्वारा द्रोणाचार्यको रोककर कौरव-सेनाका उसी प्रकार विनाश आरम्भ किया, जैसे इन्द्र आसुरी सेनाका संहार करते हैं ।। ४८ ई ।। वध्यमाने बले तस्मिंस्तव पुत्रस्य मारिष
sañjaya uvāca |
vyadhamat kauravīṃ senām āsurīṃ maghavān iva |
mahārathī dhṛṣṭadyumno drutam hi svaiḥ śaraiḥ droṇācāryaṃ nivārya kaurava-senāyāḥ tathā vināśam ārabdhavān, yathā indra āsurīṃ senāṃ saṃharati ||
Sañjaya berkata: Sang mahāratha Dhr̥ṣṭadyumna, setelah dengan cepat menahan Droṇācārya dengan anak panahnya, mulai menghancurkan bala Kaurava bagaikan Maghavan (Indra) membinasakan pasukan para Asura. Ketika kekuatan itu dipukul mundur dan ditebas, wahai tuan, ketakutan besar menyelimuti pihak putramu.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights decisive action within dharmic warfare: a leader restrains a dangerous opponent (Droṇa) and thereby changes the battle’s course. The Indra–Asura comparison casts the conflict in a moralized frame—suggesting that power, when aligned with a perceived righteous cause, becomes an instrument of restoring order, even amid the tragedy of war.
Sanjaya reports that Dhrishtadyumna, an elite chariot-warrior, quickly checks Droṇa with a barrage of arrows and then begins to devastate the Kaurava formations, likened to Indra’s destruction of the Asuras’ army.