Shloka 82
भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः
Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas
तथा पाण्डवसैन्यानि द्राव्यमाणानि भारत,भारत! भागती हुई पाण्डव-सेनाएँ कीचड़में फँसी हुई गायोंकी भाँति किसीको अपना रक्षक नहीं पाती थीं। समरभूमिमें बलवान् भीष्मने उन दुर्बल सैनिकोंको चींटियोंकी भाँति मसल डाला
tathā pāṇḍavasainyāni drāvyamāṇāni bhārata |
Sañjaya said: “So too, O Bhārata, the Pāṇḍava forces, being driven back in flight, found no protector. Like cattle stuck fast in mire, they could not free themselves; and on that battlefield the mighty Bhīṣma crushed those weakened soldiers as though they were ants.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in war, loss of protection and cohesion turns even a large force into helpless victims; strength without support and leadership collapses, and the powerful can overwhelm the weakened—raising ethical reflection on the harsh asymmetry of violence in battle.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Pāṇḍava troops are being driven back and cannot find a defender; stuck like cattle in mud, they are cut down by the mighty Bhīṣma, who crushes the weakened soldiers like ants.