Shloka 27
भीमसेनस्य वेगाभिपातः—विशोकसारथिसंवादश्च
Bhīma’s surge and dialogue with charioteer Viśoka
अभ्यवर्षन्त वेगेन विसृजन्त: शितान् शरान् । युधिष्ठिर आदि पाण्डव महारथी शस्त्रधारियोंमें श्रेष्ठ अश्वत्थामापर बड़े वेगसे पैने बाणोंकी वर्षा करने लगे ।। आगच्छमानांस्तान् दृष्टवा क्रुद्धरूपान् परंतप:
sañjaya uvāca | abhyavarṣanta vegena visṛjantaḥ śitān śarān | yudhiṣṭhirādi pāṇḍavā mahārathī śastradhāriṣu śreṣṭha aśvatthāmā paraṃ baḍe vegase painē bāṇoṅkī varṣā karane lage || āgacchamānāṃs tān dṛṣṭvā kruddharūpān paraṃtapaḥ |
Disse Sañjaya: Com grande rapidez, fizeram chover flechas afiadas. Então Aśvatthāmā, filho de Droṇa—o primeiro entre os portadores de armas e um grande guerreiro de carro—começou a despejar sobre os Pāṇḍavas, liderados por Yudhiṣṭhira, uma feroz tempestade de dardos agudos. Vendo-os avançar em forma irada, o abrasador de inimigos preparou-se para enfrentá-los com força ainda maior.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in war, anger and momentum can rapidly intensify violence; it implicitly contrasts the warrior’s duty to fight with the ethical danger of wrath (krodha) overtaking discernment, a recurring Mahābhārata concern about restraint even amid kṣatriya obligations.
Aśvatthāmā, described as a foremost weapon-bearer and great chariot-warrior, unleashes a swift shower of sharp arrows at the Pāṇḍavas led by Yudhiṣṭhira; seeing them advance in anger, he responds with heightened martial force.