Shloka 36
अथ कार्मुकमादाय भीमो जलदनि:स्वनम् | रिपोरभ्यर्दयन्नागमुन्नदन् पाण्डव: शरै:
atha kārmukam ādāya bhīmo jalada-niḥsvanam | ripor abhyardayann āgam unnadan pāṇḍavaḥ śaraiḥ ||
サンジャヤは言った。ついでビーマは、雷雲の轟きのように深い音を放つ弓を取り上げた。咆哮するパーンダヴァは矢の雨で敵の戦象を責め立て、苦しめた—それは相手の戦の機構を砕くために向けられた、容赦なき戦場の力の象徴であった。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds kṣatriya-dharma in its battlefield form: disciplined, forceful action aimed at disabling the opponent’s combat power. The ethical frame is not personal cruelty but the grim necessity of war, where strategic targets (like war-elephants) are neutralized to protect one’s side.
Sañjaya describes Bhīma seizing his thunderous-sounding bow, roaring, and striking the enemy’s elephant with arrows, causing it intense distress—an escalation in the combat scene emphasizing Bhīma’s ferocity and momentum.