Shloka 266
कर्णभीमसेनयुद्धम् | Karṇa–Bhīmasena Engagement
Chapter 111
दग्धाद्रिकूटशृज्ञाभं भिन्नाउजजनचयोपमम् । उसने जले हुए पर्वतशिखर तथा कटे-छटे कोयलेके पहाड़के समान प्रतीत होनेवाले राक्षसराज अलम्बुषके रथपर पहुँचनेके लिये महान् वेग प्रकट किया
sañjaya uvāca | dagdhādrikūṭaśṛṅgābhaṃ bhinnāñjanacayopamam |
サञ्जयは言った。「彼は羅刹王アランブシャの戦車に到達せんとして、凄まじい速さを示した。アランブシャは、焼け焦げた山の峰のごとく、また黒く砕け散った岩塊の山のごとく見え—戦の猛き、煙に暗む破滅そのものが戦場へ迫るかのようであった。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how war transforms beings into images of ruin—burnt peaks and shattered black heaps—reminding the listener that martial prowess and speed unfold within a morally grave landscape of destruction.
Sañjaya describes a warrior surging forward with great speed to reach the chariot of the rākṣasa-king Alambuṣa, whose terrifying appearance is conveyed through stark similes of scorched and broken mountain-like masses.