Shloka 266
कर्णभीमसेनयुद्धम् | Karṇa–Bhīmasena Engagement
Chapter 111
दग्धाद्रिकूटशृज्ञाभं भिन्नाउजजनचयोपमम् । उसने जले हुए पर्वतशिखर तथा कटे-छटे कोयलेके पहाड़के समान प्रतीत होनेवाले राक्षसराज अलम्बुषके रथपर पहुँचनेके लिये महान् वेग प्रकट किया
sañjaya uvāca | dagdhādrikūṭaśṛṅgābhaṃ bhinnāñjanacayopamam |
सञ्जय उवाच—दग्धाद्रिकूटशृङ्गाभं भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपमं राक्षसराजमलम्बुषं प्रति तस्य रथं प्राप्नोतुं स महान् वेगं दर्शयामास।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how war transforms beings into images of ruin—burnt peaks and shattered black heaps—reminding the listener that martial prowess and speed unfold within a morally grave landscape of destruction.
Sañjaya describes a warrior surging forward with great speed to reach the chariot of the rākṣasa-king Alambuṣa, whose terrifying appearance is conveyed through stark similes of scorched and broken mountain-like masses.