Shloka 373
Śiva’s Battlefield Manifestation and Vyāsa’s Śatarudrīya Exposition (शिवप्रादुर्भावः शतरुद्रीयव्याख्यानम्)
निनन््ये च चतुरो वाहान् यमस्य सदन प्रति । उस समय अर्जुनने रणभूमिमें अपने बाणोंद्वारा शकुनिका धनुष काट दिया और उसके चारों घोड़ोंको भी यमलोक भेज दिया
ninanye ca caturo vāhān yamasya sadana prati |
ಆ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಅರ್ಜುನನು ರಣಭೂಮಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ತನ್ನ ಬಾಣಗಳಿಂದ ಶಕುನಿಯ ಧನುಸ್ಸನ್ನು ಕತ್ತರಿಸಿ, ಅವನ ನಾಲ್ಕು ಕುದುರೆಗಳನ್ನೂ ಯಮನ ಸದನದತ್ತ ಕಳುಹಿಸಿದನು.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the inevitability of death in righteous warfare and the grave responsibility of martial skill: in a dharmic battle, decisive action is required, yet every strike carries ethical weight because it sends living beings to Yama’s realm.
Sañjaya narrates a battlefield moment where the opponent’s war-power is neutralized: the chariot team is destroyed (the four horses are slain), symbolically ‘sent to Yama’s abode,’ indicating a swift turning of the fight through superior archery.