Shloka 25
तौ प्रगृह्य महावेगे धनुषी भीमनि:स्वने
tau pragṛhya mahāvege dhanuṣī bhīmaniḥsvane
Sañjaya said: Seizing those two bows—both of tremendous force and sounding with a fearsome, awe-inspiring roar—they prepared for the next surge of combat, their weapons themselves proclaiming the gravity of the war’s violence.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how instruments of war amplify fear and momentum: once powerful weapons are taken up, conflict tends to intensify. Ethically, it underscores the Mahābhārata’s recurring warning that martial capability and righteous intent must be governed by restraint, or violence becomes self-propelling.
Sañjaya narrates that two bows—described as immensely forceful and thunderous—are taken up firmly, signaling immediate readiness for fierce fighting and the heightened intensity of the battlefield.