Shloka 61
Adhyāya 65: Dawn Assembly, Makara–Śyena Vyūhas, and Commander Engagements
यमदण्डोपमां गुर्वीमिन्द्राशनिसमस्वनाम् । अपश्याम महाराज रौद्रां विशसनीं गदाम्
yamadaṇḍopamāṁ gurvīm indrāśanisamasvanām | apaśyāma mahārāja raudrāṁ viśasanīṁ gadām ||
သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– «အို မဟာရာဇာ၊ ငါတို့သည် ကြီးမားလေးလံ၍ ကြမ်းတမ်းကာ သတ်ဖြတ်စေသော ဂဒါတစ်လက်ကို မြင်ရ၏—ယမ၏ ဒဏ္ဍ (ယမဒဏ္ဍ) ကဲ့သို့ပင်။ ထိုးနှက်သည့်အခါ အိန္ဒြ၏ ဝဇ္ရ မိုးကြိုးသံကဲ့သို့ ဟိန်းသံထွက်၏»။
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral gravity of war: weapons are portrayed with death-symbolism (Yama’s staff), reminding the listener that battlefield prowess carries the shadow of destruction and accountability, even when exercised under kṣatriya-duty.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra what he witnessed on the battlefield: a huge, terrifying mace whose impact sounded like Indra’s thunderbolt, emphasizing the overwhelming, death-dealing power present in the combat.