Shloka 34
अध्याय ८० — मध्यंदिन-रणवृत्तान्तः
Yudhiṣṭhira–Śrutāyu encounter; Cekitāna–Gautama clash; Abhimanyu pressure; Arjuna’s redeployment
उस समय कुछ दूर जाकर धृष्टद्युम्नने शत्रुसेनाको दग्ध करते हुए भीमसेनको देखा। जैसे आँधी वृक्षोंको बलपूर्वक तोड़ देती या उखाड़ डालती है, उसी प्रकार भीमसेन भी रणभूमिमें शत्रुओंका संहार कर रहे थे ।।
sañjaya uvāca | tadā kiñcid dūraṃ gatvā dhṛṣṭadyumno bhīmasenaṃ dadarśa śatrusenāṃ dagdhayantaṃ | yathā āndhī vṛkṣān balāt chinatti vā unmūlayati, tathā bhīmaseno ’pi raṇabhūmau śatrūṇāṃ saṃhāraṃ karoti sma || te vadhyamānāḥ samare rathinaḥ sādinastathā | pādātā dantināś caiva cakrur ārta-svaraṃ mahat ||
サञ्जयは言った。やがて少し進んだドリシュタデュムナは、敵軍を焼き尽くすかのように猛威をふるうビーマセーナを見た。激しい嵐が力ずくで木々を折り、あるいは根こそぎ引き抜くように、ビーマもまた戦場で敵を滅ぼしていた。戦いのさなか討たれてゆく—戦車の武者、騎兵、歩兵、さらには乗り手を載せた戦象までも—彼らは大いなる悲痛の叫びを上げた。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the tension within kṣatriya-dharma: decisive courage and effectiveness in battle are praised through powerful simile, yet the ethical weight of war is not hidden—the ‘great anguished cry’ foregrounds suffering as an inseparable consequence of violence.
Sañjaya reports that Dhṛṣṭadyumna, moving forward, sees Bhīma devastating the enemy forces. The enemy’s charioteers, cavalry, infantry, and elephant-corps are being cut down and cry out loudly in distress across the battlefield.