Shloka 15
द्रोणस्य सुपर्णव्यूहः — युधिष्ठिरप्रत्यव्यूहः
Droṇa’s Suparṇa Formation and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Counter-array
तत:ः शरसहस्राणि तैरविमुक्तानि भस्मसात् । कृत्वा तदस्त्रं तान् वीराननयद् यमसादनम्,तत्पश्चात् उस दिव्यास्त्रने संशप्तकोंके छोड़े हुए सहस्रों बाणोंको भस्म करके बहुसंख्यक वीरोंको यमलोक पहुँचा दिया
tataḥ śarasahasrāṇi tair avimuktāni bhasmasāt kṛtvā tad astraṃ tān vīrān anayad yamasādanam |
Sañjaya said: Then, reducing to ashes the thousands of arrows that had been released by them, he employed that weapon and sent those warriors to the abode of Yama—thus turning their assault into their final passage in the war’s grim economy of fate and consequence.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the inexorable linkage between violent intent and mortal consequence: in war, even massed aggression can be nullified by superior force, and the outcome culminates in death—symbolized by being sent to Yama’s abode—highlighting the moral gravity and finality of martial action.
In Sañjaya’s report, a warrior counters an enemy volley: thousands of incoming arrows are burned to ashes by an astra, and the same weapon then destroys many opposing heroes, sending them to the realm of death (Yamasādanam).