Shloka 8
यथान्तकाले क्षपयन् दिधक्षु- भूतान्तकृत् काल इवात्तदण्ड: | आपकी सेनाके आक्रमण करनेपर अनन्त वेगशाली भीमसेनने अपना महान् वेग प्रकट किया। ठीक उसी तरह, जैसे प्रलयकालमें समस्त प्राणियोंका संहार करनेवाला काल हाथमें दण्ड लिये सबको नष्ट और दग्ध करनेकी इच्छासे असीम वेग प्रकट करता है ।।
yathāntakāle kṣapayan didhakṣu-bhūtāntakṛt kāla ivāttadaṇḍaḥ | āpākī senāke ākramaṇa karanepara ananta-vegāśālī bhīmasenane apnā mahān vega prakaṭ kiyā | ṭhīk usī tarah, jaise pralayakāla meṃ samasta prāṇiyoṃ kā saṃhāra karanevālā kāla hātha meṃ daṇḍa liye sabko naṣṭa aura dagdha karanekī icchā se asīma vega prakaṭ kartā hai || tasya ativēgasya raṇe 'tivēgaṃ nāśavanuvan vārayituṃ tvadīyāḥ |
Disse Sañjaya: Quando o teu exército avançou em investida, Bhīmasena revelou uma velocidade tremenda e sem limites. Era como o próprio Tempo no fim da era—portador da morte, com o bastão na mão—arremetendo com a vontade de destruir e queimar todos os seres. Contudo, naquela batalha, os teus guerreiros, incapazes de igualar ou conter o seu ímpeto avassalador, não conseguiram detê-lo.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the epic idea that in war, human prowess can appear as an instrument of Kāla (Time/Death): overwhelming force, once unleashed, becomes difficult to restrain. It evokes the ethical gravity of battle—destruction is not merely personal but participates in a larger, inexorable cosmic order.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that when the Kaurava army attacked, Bhīma responded with immense speed and power, likened to Time at the world’s end holding a staff to annihilate beings. The Kaurava warriors could not match or stop his onslaught in the fight.