Mahabharata 7.111.133 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 111, Shloka 133
कर्णभीमसेनयुद्धम् | Karṇa–Bhīmasena Engagement
Chapter 111
मारुतिं पञ्चविंशत्या भैमसेनिं च पठ्चभि: । उसने इन्द्रके वज्ञकी भाँति घोर टंकार करनेवाले अपने भयंकर धनुषको तानकर भीमसेनको पचीस और उनके पुत्र घटोत्कचको पाँच बाण मारे
mārutiṃ pañcaviṃśatyā bhaimaseniṃ ca pañcabhiḥ | asau indrasya vajrasya bhānti ghora-ṭaṅkāra-karaṃ svakaṃ bhayaṅkaraṃ dhanuḥ tānayetvā bhīmasenaṃ pañcaviṃśatyā ghaṭotkacaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ śaraiḥ vivyādha |
സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഇന്ദ്രവജ്രംപോലെ ഭീകരമായി മുഴങ്ങുന്ന തന്റെ ഭയങ്കര ധനുസ്സു വലിച്ച് അവൻ ഭീമസേനനെ ഇരുപത്തിയഞ്ച് ശരങ്ങളാലും, ഭീമപുത്രൻ ഘടോത്കചനെ അഞ്ചു ശരങ്ങളാലും വേധിച്ചു.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights martial excellence and deliberate action in battle—force is applied with precision (counted arrows), yet the ethical tension remains: skill in violence does not erase the sorrow and moral gravity of war among kin.
Sañjaya reports that a warrior, after drawing his terrifying, loudly twanging bow (likened to Indra’s thunderbolt), shoots Bhīma with twenty-five arrows and then shoots Bhīma’s son Ghaṭotkaca with five arrows.
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