Shloka 53
कर्णभीमसेनयुद्धम् | Karṇa–Bhīmasena Engagement
Chapter 111
विद्ध्वा विद्ध्वा नदद्धृष्ट:पूरयन् खं समन्ततः । राजन! इसी प्रकार अलम्बुष भी युद्धदुर्मद घटोत्कचको बारंबार घायल करके समूचे आकाशको हर्षपूर्वक गुँजाता हुआ सिंहनाद करता था
sañjaya uvāca | viddhvā viddhvā na dadṛṣṭaḥ pūrayan khaṃ samantataḥ | rājan! evaṃ prakāram alambuṣo 'pi yuddha-durmadam ghaṭotkacaṃ bāraṃbāraṃ ghālayitvā samūcam ākāśaṃ harṣapūrvakaṃ guñjayan siṃhanādaṃ karoti sma |
Sanjaya said: “Having struck him again and again, he showed no sign of faltering, and he filled the sky on every side. O King, in the same way Alambusha too—repeatedly wounding Ghaṭotkacha, who was maddened by the fury of battle—made the whole firmament resound with exultation, roaring like a lion.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in war, triumph and cruelty can be accompanied by exultation and loud self-assertion; it implicitly contrasts martial pride with the sobering reality that repeated wounding and roaring are signs of escalating adharma-driven ferocity rather than true ethical victory.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that Alambusha repeatedly wounds the battle-frenzied Ghatotkacha and, exhilarated, makes the sky echo on all sides with a lion-like roar—depicting the intensity and spectacle of the ongoing combat.