Shloka 35
भीमस्य जलान्वेषणं तथा वनविश्रान्तिः
Bhīma’s Search for Water and the Forest Halt
चालयन् रथनागांश्व॒ संचचाल वृकोदर: । भीमसेनकी गदासे मस्तक फट जानेके कारण वे पर्वतोंके समान विशालकाय गजराज लोहूके झरने बहाते हुए वज़्के आघातसे (पंख कटे हुए) पहाड़ोंकी भाँति पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़ते थे। अर्जुनके बड़े भाई पाण्डुनन्दन भीमने हाथियों
cālayan rathanāgāśvān sañcacāla vṛkodaraḥ | bhīmasenakī gadāse mastaka phaṭ jāneke kāraṇa ve parvatoṃke samān viśālakāya gajarāja lohūke jharane bahāte hue vajrāghātase (pakṣa kaṭe hue) pahāṛoṃkī bhānti pṛthvīpara gira paṛte the | arjunake baṛe bhāī pāṇḍunandana bhīmne hāthiyoṃ, ghoṛoṃ evaṃ rathoṃko dharāśāyī kara diyā | paidaloṃ tathā rathiyoṃkā saṃhāra kara ḍālā | jaise gvālā vanameṃ ḍaṇḍese paśuoṃko hāṃkatā hai, usī prakāra bhīmasena rathiyoṃ aura hāthiyoṃko khadeṛte hue unakā pīchā karane lage ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。狼腹（ヴリコーダラ）たるビーマは、戦車・象・馬を揺るがしつつ戦場を突き進んだ。ビーマセーナの棍棒に打たれた象王たちは、山のごとき巨体のまま頭を割られ、血潮を滝のように噴きながら、雷に打ち倒された翼なき山のように大地へ崩れ落ちた。般度の子ビーマ—アルジュナの兄—は象も馬も戦車も打ち倒し、歩兵と車戦の兵をも屠った。森で牛飼いが杖で群れを追い立てるように、ビーマセーナは御者と象隊を追い散らし、執拗に追撃した。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights kṣatriya-style valor and battlefield resolve: Bhīma acts with overwhelming force to break enemy formations. Ethically, it reflects the epic’s realism about war—heroism is praised, yet the imagery of blood and collapse underscores the grave cost of violence.
Vaiśampāyana describes Bhīma charging through combat, shaking chariots, elephants, and horses. With mace-blows he fells massive elephants and destroys chariots and troops, then pursues the routed fighters like a cowherd driving cattle.