Shloka 169
वासवी-शक्तेः प्रयोगः, घटोत्कच-वधोत्तर-शोकः, व्यासोपदेशश्च
The Vāsavī Spear’s Use, Post-Ghaṭotkaca Grief, and Vyāsa’s Counsel
मिषतो भीमसेनस्य हैडिम्बे: पार्षतस्य च । यमयोर्धर्मपुत्रस्य विजयस्याच्युतस्य च,भीमसेन, घटोत्कच, धृष्टद्युम्न, नकुल, सहदेव, धर्मपुत्र युधिष्ठचिर, अर्जुन और भगवान् श्रीकृष्णके देखते-देखते यह सब कुछ हो गया
miṣato bhīmasenasya haiḍimbeḥ pārṣatasya ca | yamayor dharmaputrasya vijayasyācyutasya ca ||
Sañjaya said: All this took place before the very eyes of Bhīmasena, the Haiḍimba (Ghaṭotkaca), the son of Pṛṣat (Dhṛṣṭadyumna), the twin brothers (Nakula and Sahadeva), Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira), Vijaya (Arjuna), and Acyuta (Kṛṣṇa). The line underscores the suddenness and inevitability of the calamity in war—events unfold so swiftly that even the foremost heroes and the divine charioteer witness them without being able to prevent them in that moment.
संजय उवाच