Shloka 30
सहस्राणि दशाश्रानां हत्वा पत्तीश्व भूयसा । भीमो< भ्यधावत् संक्रुद्धो गदापाणिरितस्तत:,दस हजार घोड़ों और बहुसंख्यक पैदलोंका संहार करके क्रोधमें भरे हुए भीमसेन हाथमें गदा लेकर इधर-उधर दौड़ने लगे
sahasrāṇi daśāśrāṇāṁ hatvā pattīś ca bhūyasā | bhīmo 'bhyadhāvat saṁkruddho gadāpāṇir itas tataḥ ||
Sañjaya said: After slaying ten thousand horses and a great multitude of foot-soldiers, Bhīma—his wrath fully kindled—rushed forward, mace in hand, ranging here and there across the battlefield. The verse underscores the ferocity of war, where prowess and anger drive action, even as the moral weight of mass slaughter hangs over the scene.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (krodha) can intensify martial action and amplify destruction. In the Mahābhārata’s ethical frame, even when battle is undertaken as kṣatriya-duty, the narrative repeatedly draws attention to the human and moral cost of uncontrolled fury and mass killing.
Sañjaya reports that Bhīma has already cut down vast numbers—cavalry and infantry—and, still enraged, he charges about the field with his mace, seeking further opponents and pressing the attack in multiple directions.