Shloka 39
Duryodhana-patana-anuśocana
The Fall of Duryodhana and the Contest of Restraint
तस्य विस्यन्दमानेन रुधिरेणामितौजस: । प्रहारगुरुपाताच्च मूच्छेंव समजायत,उसकी चोटसे अमिततेजस्वी भीमके शरीरसे रक्तकी धारा बह चली। साथ ही उस प्रहारके गहरे आघातसे उन्हें मूर्च्छा-सी आ गयी
tasya visyandamānena rudhireṇāmitaujasaḥ | prahāragurupātācca mūrcchā iva samajāyata ||
As the mighty one was struck, blood began to stream from his body. And from the heavy, crushing force of that blow, he fell into a swoon, as though overcome by faintness—showing how, in the violence of war, even the strongest are made vulnerable by the weight of injury and the consequences of combat.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the reality that physical power is not absolute: in war, the force of violence produces immediate bodily consequences, reminding the listener of human fragility and the grave cost of combat.
A powerful warrior (identified in the accompanying gloss as Bhīma) is struck so heavily that blood streams from his body, and the severity of the impact causes him to lapse into a faint-like swoon.