Shloka 51
Sātyaki-praveśaḥ and Duryodhana-saṃnipātaḥ
Sātyaki’s passage and Duryodhana’s mass engagement
दिव्यमस्त्रं महेष्वासो वारुणं समुदैरयत् । शत्रुओंका नाश करनेवाले उस अत्यन्त भयंकर आग्नेयास्त्रकों देखकर महाधनुर्धर सात्यकिने भी वारुण नामक दिव्यास्त्रका प्रयोग किया ।। ५० $ ।। हाहाकारो महानासीदू दृष्ट्वा दिव्यास्त्रधारिणौ
sañjaya uvāca | divyam astraṃ maheṣvāso vāruṇaṃ samudairayat | hāhākāro mahān āsīd dṛṣṭvā divyāstradhāriṇau ||
सञ्जय उवाच—महेष्वासस्ततो दिव्यं वारुणं समुदैरयत्। दिव्यास्त्रधारिणौ दृष्ट्वा हाहाकारो महानासीद्।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war can escalate beyond human limits when divine weapons are invoked, creating collective fear and moral gravity; it implicitly cautions that extraordinary power intensifies responsibility and the consequences borne by all.
Sanjaya reports that a great archer unleashes the Vāruṇāstra, and on seeing two combatants wielding celestial missiles, the surrounding warriors and onlookers erupt in a loud cry of alarm.