Shloka 58
अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च
Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter
सिंहास्यं च यथा प्राप्प न जीवन्ति मृगा: क्वचित्
siṁhāsyaṁ ca yathā prāpya na jīvanti mṛgāḥ kvacit
サンジャヤは言った。「鹿が獅子の口元に至れば、もはやどこにも生き残れぬように、強敵の間近の掴みに落ちた者にも逃れの道はない——力と状況が慎みを圧する時、戦がもたらす苛烈な終局を示す譬えである。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches the inevitability of destruction when one enters the immediate domain of overwhelming power; it functions as a moral warning about recognizing peril, the limits of courage, and the harsh finality that war can impose.
Sañjaya uses a vivid simile—deer reaching a lion’s mouth—to describe a situation on the battlefield where certain warriors, having come within the decisive reach of a formidable opponent, have virtually no chance of survival.