Shloka 7
ततः क्रुद्धो रणे भीम: सहदेवश्न भारत । चेरतु: कदनं संख्ये कुर्वन्ती सुमहाबलौ,भारत! तदनन्तर क्रोधमें भरे हुए भीमसेन और सहदेव दोनों महाबली वीर युद्धस्थलमें भीषण संहार मचाते हुए विचरने लगे
tataḥ kruddho raṇe bhīmaḥ sahadevaś ca bhārata | ceratuḥ kadanaṃ saṅkhye kurvantau sumahābalau ||
Sañjaya said: Then, O Bhārata, Bhīma—wrathful in the midst of battle—and Sahadeva as well, both warriors of immense strength, ranged about the field of combat, bringing about fierce slaughter. In the ethical frame of the epic, their anger becomes a driving force of kṣatriya warfare: a grim, duty-bound violence unleashed amid the collapse of restraint that war provokes.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in war, powerful emotions like anger can intensify destruction; within the Mahābhārata’s ethical horizon, this underscores the peril of wrath even when one is acting under kṣatriya duty—victory may be pursued, but the moral cost of unrestrained fury remains grave.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīma and Sahadeva, both enraged, are moving across the battlefield and causing heavy slaughter—depicting a surge of Pāṇḍava momentum and the escalating ferocity of the fighting.