Shloka 47
Śalya-hatānantarāṇi: Madrarāja-padānugānāṃ praskandana and the Pandava counter-encirclement (शल्यहतानन्तराणि—मद्रराजपदानुगानां प्रस्कन्दनम्)
बलप्रयत्नादधिरूढवेगां मन्त्रैश्न घोरैरभिमन्त्रय यत्नात् । ससर्ज मार्गेण च तां परेण वधाय मद्राधिपतेस्तदानीम्
sañjaya uvāca |
balaprayatnād adhirūḍhavegāṁ mantraiś ca ghorair abhimantrya yatnāt |
sasarja mārgeṇa ca tāṁ pareṇa vadhāya madrādhipates tadānīm ||
ສັນຊະຍະກ່າວວ່າ: ດ້ວຍກຳລັງແລະຄວາມພະຍາຍາມ ຄວາມໄວຂອງມັນເພີ່ມຂຶ້ນຈົນດຸຮ້າຍ. ໃນຂະນະນັ້ນ ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ມຸ່ງໝາຍຈະສັງຫານາຍແຫ່ງມັດຣະ ໄດ້ປະພອມມັນດ້ວຍມົນຕຣາອັນນ່າຢ້ານຢ່າງລະມັດລະວັງ ແລະປ່ອຍມັນອອກໄປດ້ວຍການເລືອກເສັ້ນທາງທີ່ດີທີ່ສຸດ ພ້ອມຄວາມຈົ່ງໃຈອັນແນ່ນອນ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the deliberate nature of action in war: physical effort (bala-prayatna) and ritual intention (abhimantrya) combine to make an act effective and irreversible. It implicitly raises ethical weight—when one chooses a lethal act, one also assumes responsibility for the intention and the means, even when framed as kṣatriya-duty.
Sañjaya narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira releases a weapon/projectile whose speed has been greatly increased by force and effort. He empowers it with fierce mantras and sends it along an excellent trajectory specifically to slay the king of Madra (Śalya) at that moment.