Shloka 99
साश्वसूतध्वजं यान भस्म कृत्वा महाप्रभा । विवेश वसुधां भिन्त्वा सुरास्तत्र विसिस्मियु:,वह अतिशय प्रभापूर्ण अशनि घोड़े, सारथि और ध्वजसहित घटोत्कचके रथको भस्म करके धरती फाड़कर समा गयी। यह देख वहाँ खड़े हुए सब देवता आश्वर्यवकित हो उठे
saśvasūtadhvajaṃ yānaṃ bhasma kṛtvā mahāprabhā | viveśa vasudhāṃ bhittvā surās tatra visismiyuḥ ||
सञ्जय उवाच—अतिप्रभा सा महाशनिः साश्वसूतध्वजं रथं घटोत्कचस्य भस्मीकृत्य, वसुधां भित्त्वा भूमौ निमग्ना। तद् दृष्ट्वा तत्र स्थिताः सुराः सर्वे विस्मयमापन्नाः।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the catastrophic potency of divinely empowered weapons and invites reflection on the ethical burden of escalating violence in war—power that can obliterate even heroic forces also deepens the tragedy and moral complexity of the conflict.
A brilliantly radiant missile incinerates Ghaṭotkaca’s chariot along with its horses, charioteer, and banner, then vanishes by cleaving and entering the earth; the gods witnessing the event are astonished at its extraordinary force.