Shloka 11
द्रोणपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः (Droṇa Parva, Chapter 15): युधिष्ठिर-रक्षा तथा अर्जुनस्य शरवृष्टिः
न हि मद्राधिपादन्य: सर्वराजसु भारत | सोदुमुत्सहते वेगं भीमसेनस्य संयुगे,भरतनन्दन! समस्त राजाओंमें मद्रराज शल्यके सिवा दूसरा कोई ऐसा नहीं था, जो युद्धमें भीमसेनके वेगको सहनेका साहस कर सके
na hi madrādhipād anyaḥ sarvarājasu bhārata | soḍhum utsahate vegaṃ bhīmasenasya saṃyuge bharatanandana ||
Sañjaya said: “O Bhārata, among all the kings there was none other than Śalya, the lord of Madra, who had the courage to endure Bhīmasena’s onrush in battle, O delight of the Bharatas.” The verse underscores how, in the moral chaos of war, sheer force and heroic momentum still meet their limits only in rare steadiness and exceptional martial resilience.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that extraordinary power (Bhīma’s vega) is matched only by rare fortitude and steadiness (Śalya’s capacity to endure). Ethically, it points to the Kṣatriya ideal of courage under pressure, while also reminding the listener that war magnifies both strength and the exceptional qualities needed to resist it.
Sañjaya, reporting the battlefield to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, emphasizes Bhīmasena’s terrifying momentum in combat and states that among the assembled kings only Śalya of Madra was capable of withstanding that onslaught.