Shloka 9
कर्णभीमसेनयुद्धम् | Karṇa–Bhīmasena Engagement
Chapter 111
तां तामलम्बुषो राजन् माययैव निजध्निवान् | नरेश्वर! घटोत्कच युद्धस्थलमें जो-जो माया दिखाता, उसे अलम्बुष अपनी मायाद्वारा ही नष्ट कर देता था ।। तं॑ तथा युध्यमानं तु मायायुद्धविशारदम्
tāṃ tāṃlambuṣo rājan māyayaiva nijaghnivān | nareśvara! ghaṭotkaca yuddhasthale yaḥ-yaḥ māyāṃ darśayati, tāṃ tāṃ alambuṣaḥ svamāyayā eva naśayati sma || taṃ tathā yudhyamānaṃ tu māyāyuddhaviśāradaṃ |
ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ, ອະລັມບຸຊະ ໄດ້ທຳລາຍມາຍານັ້ນໆ ດ້ວຍມາຍາຂອງຕົນເອງແຕ່ຜູ້ດຽວ. ໂອ ຈອມເຈົ້າແຫ່ງມະນຸດ! ມາຍາໃດທີ່ ຄະໂຕດກະຈະ ສະແດງໃນສະໜາມຮົບ, ອະລັມບຸຊະ ກໍ່ລົບລ້າງມັນດ້ວຍມາຍາທີ່ສອດຄ່ອງກັນ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຜູ້ຊ່ຽວຊານໃນສົງຄາມມາຍານັ້ນ ຈຶ່ງສູ້ຕໍ່ໄປຢ່າງນັ້ນ…
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how deceptive power (māyā) in war invites an equal and opposite deception; when conflict is driven by illusion and counter-illusion, victory depends less on righteousness and more on skillful neutralization—raising an ethical tension between dharma and expedient tactics.
On the battlefield, Ghaṭotkaca employs various magical illusions, but Alambuṣa—himself adept in māyā—counters and destroys each illusion with his own, showing a duel of rākṣasa-style magical warfare as Sanjaya reports it to Dhṛtarāṣṭra.