Shloka 12
धृतराष्ट्रस्य मूर्च्छा स्त्रीणां च आर्तनादः
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Collapse and the Lament of the Palace Women
येन नागायुतप्राणो भीमसेनो महाबल: । मानुषेणैव युद्धेन तामवस्थां प्रवेशित:,“जिसने दस हजार हाथियोंके समान बलवाले महाबली भीमसेनको मानवन-युद्धके द्वारा ही वैसी दुरवस्थामें डाल दिया था
yena nāgāyuta-prāṇo bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ | mānuṣeṇaiva yuddhena tām avasthāṁ praveśitaḥ ||
സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—“പതിനായിരം ആനകളുടെ ശക്തിയുള്ള മഹാബലവാൻ ഭീമസേനനെ, വെറും മാനുഷിക യുദ്ധം കൊണ്ടുതന്നെ അത്തരം ദുർദശയിലേക്കു കൊണ്ടുപോയവൻ.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights extraordinary martial capability achieved through purely human effort—emphasizing that even a near-mythic warrior like Bhīma can be reduced to helplessness by superior skill and strategy within the accepted norms of human combat, raising reflection on power, vulnerability, and the ethics of battlefield conduct.
Sañjaya describes to Dhṛtarāṣṭra a warrior who has already forced the immensely strong Bhīma into a dire condition, stressing that this was done not by divine intervention but through straightforward human fighting.