Shloka 31
Chapter 137: Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki) Slays Somadatta; Yudhiṣṭhira Redirected from Droṇa
ते समन्तान्महाबाहुं परिवार्य वृकोदरम् । दिश: शरै: समावृण्वन् शलभानामिव व्रजै:,उन्होंने महाबाहु भीमसेनको चारों ओरसे घेरकर टिड्डीदलोंके समान अपने बाणसमूहोंद्वारा सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंको आच्छादित कर दिया
te samantān mahābāhuṁ parivārya vṛkodaram | diśaḥ śaraiḥ samāvṛṇvan śalabhānām iva vrajaiḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Encircling the mighty-armed Vṛkodara (Bhīma) on every side, they covered all the directions with volleys of arrows, like swarms of locusts filling the sky. The scene underscores the war’s ruthless collective assault against a single formidable warrior, where courage is tested amid overwhelming force.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kṣatriya battlefield reality: steadfastness under overwhelming pressure. Ethically, it points to the tension between individual valor and massed, impersonal violence—testing resolve, discipline, and endurance amid chaos.
Sañjaya narrates that Bhīma is surrounded on all sides by enemy warriors, who unleash such dense arrow-showers that the directions seem covered—compared to the sky filled by swarms of locusts.