Shloka 22
Adhyāya 35 — Bhīmasena’s Counter-Encirclement and the Karṇa Engagement Escalation
पाण्डुपुत्रस्य सैन्यानि कुरु सर्वाणि भस्मसात् | 'पुरुषप्रवर! तुम्हारी जय हो। कल्याण हो। अब तुम जाओ और पाण्डुपुत्रकी सारी सेनाओंको भस्म करो ।। ततस्तूर्यसहस्राणि भेरीणामयुतानि च
pāṇḍuputrasya sainyāni kuru sarvāṇi bhasmasāt | puruṣapravara! tubhyāṁ jayo bhavatu, kalyāṇaṁ bhavatu | adya tvaṁ yāhi pāṇḍuputrasya sarvāḥ senā bhasmasāt kuru || tataḥ tūryasahasrāṇi bherīṇām ayutāni ca
पांडुपुत्राच्या सर्व सैन्यांना भस्मसात् कर. पुरुषप्रवर! तुझा जय होवो, कल्याण होवो. आता जा आणि पांडवांची सारी सेना भस्म करून टाक. तेव्हा सहस्र तूर्ये आणि अयुत भेर्या निनादल्या.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral dissonance of war: auspicious blessings and honorific praise are voiced alongside a command for total destruction. It invites reflection on how rhetoric of victory can mask the ethical weight of violence, a recurring tension in the Mahābhārata’s dharma-discourse.
Sañjaya reports a command or exhortation directed to a leading warrior—urging him to burn the Pāṇḍavas’ forces to ashes—followed immediately by the sounding of vast numbers of trumpets and drums, signaling mobilization and heightened battle fervor.