Shloka 5
अलम्बुषमथो विद्ध्वा सिंहवद् व्यनदन्मुहुः । घटोत्कचने बीस नाराचोंद्वारा अलम्बुषकी छातीमें गहरी चोट पहुँचाकर बारंबार सिंहके समान गर्जना की ।। ४ $ || तथैवालम्बुषो राजन् हैडिम्बिं युद्धदुर्मदम्
alambuṣam atho viddhvā siṁhavad vyanadan muhuḥ | tathaivālambuṣo rājan haiḍimbiṁ yuddha-durmadam ||
Sañjaya said: Having struck Alambuṣa, Ghaṭotkaca roared again and again like a lion. Then Alambuṣa too, O King, in the same manner confronted the Haiḍimba (Ghaṭotkaca), who was intoxicated with the fury of battle. The scene underscores how, in the chaos of war, prowess and wrath answer prowess and wrath, while the moral weight of violence continues to accumulate on both sides.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war amplifies passions: victory and injury provoke further roaring pride and retaliatory aggression. Ethically, it points to the self-perpetuating cycle of violence—prowess becomes fuel for more violence unless restrained by dharma and discernment.
Ghaṭotkaca strikes Alambuṣa and roars repeatedly like a lion. In response, Alambuṣa also advances to engage Ghaṭotkaca (called Haiḍimba), who is described as battle-maddened.