Shloka 82
कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५९
Arjuna Breaks the Encirclement; Bhīma Reinforces
हत्वैनं पुनरायाति नागानन्यान् प्रहारिण:
hatvainaṃ punar āyāti nāgān anyān prahāriṇaḥ |
ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: “ເມື່ອຂ້າເຂົາແລ້ວ ພວກເຂົາກໍກັບມາອີກ ເພື່ອຟັນຕີຕໍ່. ຫຼັງຈາກຂ້າລູກຊາຍແຫ່ງນິສາດ (Niṣāda) ຜູ້ນີ້ ພວກເຂົາກໍບຸກໂຈມຊ້າງອື່ນໆ ຊ້ຳແລ້ວຊ້ຳອີກ. ຈົ່ງເບິ່ງພີມເສນ—ດັ່ງກ້ອນເມກຝົນດຳ—ກຳລັງຟັນລົງຊ້າງເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ ແມ່ນແຕ່ຊ້າງທີ່ມີຄົນຂັບ (mahout) ນັ່ງຢູ່ເທິງບ່າ ດ້ວຍຝົນຫອກແລະຕູມະຣະທີ່ຊຸມຊົນ.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the grim ethic of battlefield duty: relentless action and repeated assault are praised as martial effectiveness, yet the mention of a Niṣāda’s son hints at the moral strain of war—where social boundaries and the value of life are tested amid the demands of kṣatriya combat.
Sañjaya reports that after killing a Niṣāda’s son, the fighters return to attack more elephants. Bhīma is depicted as overwhelmingly powerful, striking down successive war-elephants—along with their mounted mahouts—using spears and tomara-javelins, compared to a dense bank of dark clouds.