Shloka 75
मनुष्यवाजिमातड्न् प्रहिण्वन्तं यमक्षयम् । शरै: सौभद्रमायान्तं दहन्तमिव वाहिनीम्
sañjaya uvāca |
manuṣyavājimātaṅgān prahiṇvantaṁ yamākṣayam |
śaraiḥ saubhadram āyāntaṁ dahantam iva vāhinīm ||
Sañjaya berkata: “Aku melihat Saubhadra maju—seakan ia Yama yang tak berkesudahan—melemparkan manusia, kuda, dan gajah menuju alam Maut. Dengan anak panahnya ia tampak membakar bala tentara lawan; saat ia mendekat, pasukan itu seolah hangus tersengat.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral tension of righteous warfare: even when a warrior fights for a just cause, the battlefield turns him into a force of death. It invites reflection on dharma under extreme conditions—valor and duty coexist with the terrible cost inflicted on living beings.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Abhimanyu advances fiercely, striking down soldiers and mounts—men, horses, and elephants—so effectively that he appears like ‘inexhaustible Yama,’ and the enemy host seems to burn under his arrows.