Mahabharata — Bhishma Parva, Shloka 16
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ६६: तुमुलसंग्रामवर्णनम्
The Tumult of Battle Described
भीमसेनो महाबाहुस्तव पुत्रस्य वै बले । महाबाहु भीमसेन रथोंसे रथियोंको, हाथियोंसे हाथी-सवारोंको, घोड़ोंकी पीठोंसे घुड़सवारोंको और पृथ्वीपर पैदलोंको मसलते हुए गदासे आपके पुत्रकी सेनाके सब लोगोंको उसी प्रकार नष्ट कर देते थे, जैसे हवा अपने वेगसे वृक्षोंको उखाड़ फेंकती है ।।
bhīmaseno mahābāhus tava putrasya vai bale | rathai rathinaḥ, hastibhir hastyārohān, aśvapṛṣṭhair aśvārūḍhān, pṛthivyāṃ padātīn mṛdnann iva gadayā tava putrasya senāyāḥ sarvān janān tathā nighnanti sma, yathā vāyur vegena vṛkṣān unmūlayati || sāpi majjāvasāmāṃsaiḥ pradigdhā rudhireṇa ca
ສັນຊະຍະໄດ້ກ່າວວ່າ: ພີມເສນ ຜູ້ມີແຂນແຂງກ້າ ຢູ່ກາງກອງທັບຂອງລູກຊາຍເຈົ້າ ໄດ້ບີບຂີ້ລົດຮົບດ້ວຍລົດຮົບ, ບີບຂີ້ຜູ້ຂີ່ຊ້າງດ້ວຍຊ້າງ, ກະຊາກຜູ້ຂີ່ມ້າລົງຈາກຫຼັງມ້າ, ແລະບີບຂີ້ທະຫານຍ່າງທ້າວໃນພື້ນດິນ. ດ້ວຍຄະທາ (ຄ້ອນຫຼືກະບອກໃຫຍ່) ຂອງລາວ ລາວທໍາລາຍຄົນໃນກອງທັບຂອງລູກຊາຍເຈົ້າຢ່າງຕໍ່ເນື່ອງ—ດັ່ງລົມທີ່ພັດແຮງຖອນຕົ້ນໄມ້ອອກຈາກຮາກ. ແລະສະໜາມຮົບນັ້ນກໍຖືກປ້າຍເປື້ອນດ້ວຍໄຂກະດູກ, ໄຂມັນ ແລະເນື້ອ, ຊຸ່ມຊໍາດ້ວຍເລືອດ.
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The verse highlights the overwhelming momentum of war once unleashed: individual prowess can become a force of nature, raising an ethical tension between kṣatriya duty (fighting decisively) and the horrific human cost, underscored by the graphic imagery of blood and bodily remains.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Bhīma is rampaging through Duryodhana’s forces, crushing charioteers, elephant-riders, cavalry, and infantry with his mace, likened to a powerful wind uprooting trees; the battlefield is described as smeared with marrow, fat, flesh, and blood.
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