Shloka 34
Bhagadatta’s Advance, the Saṃśaptaka Challenge, and Arjuna’s Counterstrike (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय २६)
तदद्भुतमपश्याम भगदत्तस्य संयुगे
tad adbhutam apaśyāma bhagadattasya saṁyuge
ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ସେହି ସଂଗ୍ରାମରେ ଆମେ ଭଗଦତ୍ତଙ୍କର ଏକ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଅଦ୍ଭୁତ ପରାକ୍ରମ ଦେଖିଲୁ; ଯୁଦ୍ଧର କୋଳାହଳ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଏହା ଏମିତି ଅସାଧାରଣ ଶୌର୍ୟପ୍ରଦର୍ଶନ ଥିଲା ଯେ ପରିପକ୍ୱ ଯୋଦ୍ଧାମାନଙ୍କୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଆଶ୍ଚର୍ଯ୍ୟଚକିତ କଲା।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The line highlights how, even within a destructive war, extraordinary human capability can evoke wonder; it implicitly points to the Mahābhārata’s recurring tension between admiration for valor (kṣātra-tejas) and the sobering ethical cost of violence.
Sañjaya, reporting the battlefield events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, remarks that he and others witnessed something astonishing in the combat involving Bhagadatta, signaling a notable feat or turn of action centered on that warrior.