Shloka 28
Gadāyuddhe Kṛṣṇopadeśaḥ (Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel in the Mace-Duel) — Śalya-parva 57
इन्द्राशनिसमां घोरां यमदण्डमिवोद्यताम्
indrāśanisamāṃ ghorāṃ yamadaṇḍamivodyatām
サンジャヤは言った。「『（彼は）恐るべき武器を見た。インドラの金剛（ヴァジュラ）のごとく凄まじく、ヤマの杖のように高く掲げられていた――それは戦場に迫る抗しがたい力と死の予兆であった。』」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral gravity of war by likening a raised weapon to divine instruments of destruction (Indra’s vajra) and death’s authority (Yama’s staff), reminding the listener that violence on the battlefield carries the shadow of inevitable mortality and karmic consequence.
Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, describes a combatant’s weapon being lifted to strike, using powerful comparisons to convey its terrifying, death-dealing readiness and the heightened intensity of the battle.