Shloka 406
तस्मै गुर्वी गदां घोरां विनदन्नुत्ससर्ज ह । घोड़ों और सारथिके मारे जानेपर रथकी बैठकसे नीचे उतरकर गर्जते हुए भीमसेनने उस राक्षसपर अपनी भारी एवं भयंकर गदा दे मारी
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सञ्जय उवाच— तस्मै गुर्वीं घोरां गदां विनदन् उत्ससर्ज ह। हताश्वसूतं रथं दृष्ट्वा भीमसेनः रथोपस्थात् अवतीर्य नदन् तां महतीं गदां राक्षसस्योपरि प्राहिणोत्।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kshatriya ethos in wartime: when faced with grave loss and immediate threat, a warrior responds with decisive force. Ethically, it reflects the Mahabharata 43s tension between righteous duty in battle and the escalating ferocity that grief and rage can unleash.
Sanjaya narrates a moment of intense combat: a warrior (contextually Bhimasena in the accompanying Hindi gloss) roars and hurls a heavy, terrifying mace at an opponent, after the charioteer and horses have been killed and he has come down from the chariot-seat.