Shloka 173
भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः
Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas
अपश्याम महाराज द्वियमाणान् रणाजिरे | राजन! भीष्मके धनुषसे छूटे हुए बाण कवचोंमें नहीं अटकते थे (उन्हें छिन्न-भिन्न करके भीतर घुस जाते थे)। महाराज! हमने समरांगणमें ऐसे बहुत-से रथ देखे, जिनके रथी और सारथि तो मार दिये गये थे; परंतु वेगशाली घोड़ोंसे जुते हुए होनेके कारण वे इधर- उधर खींचकर ले जाये जा रहे थे
sañjaya uvāca | apaśyāma mahārāja dvyamāṇān raṇājire | rājan! bhīṣmake dhanuṣaś ca chūṭe huye bāṇa kavacomeṃ nahīṃ aṭakate the (unheṃ chinna-bhinna karke bhītar ghusa jāte the) | mahārāja! hamne samarāṅgaṇmeṃ aise bahut-se ratha dekhe, jinake rathī aur sārathi to mār diye gaye the; parantu vegśālī ghoṛoṃ se jute hue hone ke kāraṇ ve idhar-udhar khīṃcakar le jāye jā rahe the |
Sanjaya said: O great king, I saw on the battlefield men being cut down. O King, the arrows released from Bhishma’s bow did not lodge in armor; they tore it apart and drove inward. O great king, we also saw many chariots on the field whose warrior and charioteer had been slain, yet, still yoked to swift horses, they were dragged and pulled here and there across the ground—an image of war’s blind momentum once human guidance is destroyed.
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