Mahabharata 6.91.35 — Bhishma Parva, Adhyaya 91, Shloka 35
Bhagadattā’s Deployment Against Ghaṭotkaca; Elephant-Corps Escalation
तथैव च वधार्थाय पुत्राणां पाण्डवो बली । नूनं जातो महाबाहुर्यथा हन्ति सम कौरवान्
tathaiva ca vadhārthāya putrāṇāṃ pāṇḍavo balī | nūnaṃ jāto mahābāhur yathā hanti sama kauravān ||
သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်—«ထိုနည်းတူပင် သင်၏သားတော်များကို သတ်ရန်အတွက်ပင် အင်အားကြီးသော ပाण्डဝသည် ပေါ်ထွန်းလာ၏။ အမှန်ပင် လက်မောင်းကြီးသူရဲကောင်းသည် ကောရဝတို့ကို မရွေးမချယ် တိုက်ခိုက်သတ်ဖြတ်ကာ အဆုံးစွန်ပျက်စီးခြင်းသို့ ဦးတည်စေသကဲ့သို့ မွေးဖွားလာခဲ့သည်» ဟု။
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the war’s violence as purposive and consequential: the mighty Pāṇḍava (implicitly Bhīma) appears as an instrument through which the accumulated wrongdoing of the Kaurava side ripens into destruction. It highlights the Mahābhārata theme that adharma invites inevitable ruin, even when enacted through human agency in battle.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the powerful Pāṇḍava hero is effectively becoming the cause of the death of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons and is striking down the Kauravas broadly, driving them toward annihilation on the battlefield.
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