Shloka 5
भीष्मरक्षण-उद्योगः, शिखण्डि-विवर्जनं, सर्वतोभद्र-व्यूहः
Protection of Bhīṣma, Exemption of Śikhaṇḍin, and the Sarvatobhadra Array
दश्ने मतिं विनाशाय राज्ञ: स पिशिताशन: । उन बाणोंसे घायल होकर वह राक्षस कुम्भ-स्थलसे मदकी धारा बहानेवाले गजराजकी भाँति अपने शरीरसे रक्तकी धारा प्रवाहित करने लगा। उसने राजा दुर्योधनका विनाश करनेके लिये दृढ़ निश्चय कर लिया ।। ४ ई || जग्राह च महाशक्तिं गिरीणामपि दारिणीम्
daṣṭne matiṁ vināśāya rājñaḥ sa piśitāśanaḥ | un bāṇaiḥ se ghāyal hokara sa rākṣasaḥ kumbha-sthalāt madakī-dhārā bahāne vāle gajarāja iva sva-śarīrāt raktasya dhārāṁ pravartayām āsa | sa rājā duryodhanasya vināśāya dṛḍha-niścayaṁ cakāra || 4 || jagrāha ca mahāśaktiṁ girīṇām api dāriṇīm ||
ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ବାଣରେ ଆହତ ହୋଇ ସେ ପିଶିତାଶନ ରାକ୍ଷସ, ଯେପରି ମହାଗଜ କୁମ୍ଭସ୍ଥଳରୁ ମଦଧାରା ଝରାଏ, ସେପରି ନିଜ ଶରୀରରୁ ରକ୍ତଧାରା ପ୍ରବାହିତ କରିଲା। ରାଜା ଦୁର୍ୟୋଧନଙ୍କ ବିନାଶ ପାଇଁ ସେ ଦୃଢ଼ ସଙ୍କଳ୍ପ କରି, ପର୍ବତକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଚିରିପାରୁଥିବା ମହାଶକ୍ତି ଧରିଲା।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how unchecked wrath and vengeance harden into dṛḍha-niścaya (fixed resolve) and drive further violence. Ethically, it illustrates the Mahābhārata’s recurring warning: in war, injury easily becomes a motive for retaliatory destruction, escalating adharma and suffering.
A rākṣasa warrior, wounded by arrows, bleeds profusely—likened to an elephant in rut—and, in anger, resolves to kill Duryodhana. He then takes up a formidable śakti-weapon described as powerful enough to split mountains.