Shloka 373
Śiva’s Battlefield Manifestation and Vyāsa’s Śatarudrīya Exposition (शिवप्रादुर्भावः शतरुद्रीयव्याख्यानम्)
निनन््ये च चतुरो वाहान् यमस्य सदन प्रति । उस समय अर्जुनने रणभूमिमें अपने बाणोंद्वारा शकुनिका धनुष काट दिया और उसके चारों घोड़ोंको भी यमलोक भेज दिया
ninanye ca caturo vāhān yamasya sadana prati |
Sañjaya said: Arjuna, in the heat of battle, cut down Śakuni’s bow with his arrows and then dispatched his four horses toward Yama’s abode—an image of swift, decisive martial action where skill in war becomes an instrument of inevitable death on the battlefield.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the inevitability of death in righteous warfare and the grave responsibility of martial skill: in a dharmic battle, decisive action is required, yet every strike carries ethical weight because it sends living beings to Yama’s realm.
Sañjaya narrates a battlefield moment where the opponent’s war-power is neutralized: the chariot team is destroyed (the four horses are slain), symbolically ‘sent to Yama’s abode,’ indicating a swift turning of the fight through superior archery.