Shloka 27
भीमसेनस्य वेगाभिपातः—विशोकसारथिसंवादश्च
Bhīma’s surge and dialogue with charioteer Viśoka
अभ्यवर्षन्त वेगेन विसृजन्त: शितान् शरान् । युधिष्ठिर आदि पाण्डव महारथी शस्त्रधारियोंमें श्रेष्ठ अश्वत्थामापर बड़े वेगसे पैने बाणोंकी वर्षा करने लगे ।। आगच्छमानांस्तान् दृष्टवा क्रुद्धरूपान् परंतप:
sañjaya uvāca | abhyavarṣanta vegena visṛjantaḥ śitān śarān | yudhiṣṭhirādi pāṇḍavā mahārathī śastradhāriṣu śreṣṭha aśvatthāmā paraṃ baḍe vegase painē bāṇoṅkī varṣā karane lage || āgacchamānāṃs tān dṛṣṭvā kruddharūpān paraṃtapaḥ |
Sanjaya said: With great speed they rained down showers of sharp arrows. Then Aśvatthāmā—foremost among weapon-bearers and a mighty chariot-warrior—began to pour a fierce storm of keen shafts upon the Pāṇḍavas headed by Yudhiṣṭhira. Seeing them advancing in wrathful form, the scorcher of foes prepared to meet them with intensified force, as the battle’s violence escalated and restraint gave way to martial necessity.
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