Shloka 60
आतुदन् प्ररुजन् भज्जन् निध्नन् विद्रावयन् क्षिपन् | सेनां विभीषयन्नायाद् द्रौणप्रेप्सुर्घटोत्कच:,तत्पश्चात् गदा, परिघ, खड़्ग, पट्टिश, लोहेके घन, पत्थर, कडंगर, भुशुण्डि, प्रास, तोमर, सायक, मुसल, मुदगर, चक्र, भिन्दिपाल, फरसा, धूल, हवा, अग्नि, जल, भस्म, मिट्टीके ढेले, तिनके तथा वृक्षोंसे कौरव-सेनाको पीड़ा देता, शत्रुओंका अंग-भंग करता, तोड़ता-फोड़ता, मारता-भगाता, फेंकता एवं सारी सेनाको भयभीत करता हुआ घटोत्कच वहाँ ट्रोणाचार्यको पकड़नेके लिये आया
sañjaya uvāca |
ātudan prarujan bhajjan nidhnan vidrāvayan kṣipan |
senāṃ vibhīṣayann āyād drauṇaprepsur ghaṭotkacaḥ ||
Sanjaya said: Ghaṭotkaca advanced, intent on seizing Droṇa’s son. Striking, crushing, shattering, killing, routing, and hurling men about, he spread terror through the army. In the ethical atmosphere of the war, his onrush embodies the escalation of violence—fear as a weapon and force as a means to break the enemy’s will—while remaining bound to the battlefield’s grim code of defeating the opposing host.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how fear and overwhelming force function as instruments in war; ethically, it underscores the tragic momentum of violence where victory is pursued by breaking the enemy’s cohesion and morale.
Ghaṭotkaca charges into the battlefield, wreaking havoc and terrifying the opposing host, specifically aiming to seize Droṇa’s son (Aśvatthāman).