Shloka 523
Bhagadatta’s Advance, the Saṃśaptaka Challenge, and Arjuna’s Counterstrike (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय २६)
सुपर्वा पर्वतपतिर्निन्ये वैवस्वतक्षयम् । यह देख जिनके अंगोंकी जोड़ सुन्दर है उन पर्वतराज भगदत्तने झुकी हुई गाँठवाले बाणके द्वारा रुचिपर्वाको यमलोक पहुँचा दिया
sañjaya uvāca | suparvā parvatapatir ninye vaivasvatakṣayam |
सञ्जय उवाच—सुपर्वा पर्वतपतिः शत्रुं वैवस्वतक्षयं निन्ये। तदा भगदत्तः पर्वतराजः सुश्लिष्टाङ्गः कुटिलाग्रबाणेन रुचिपर्वाणं यमलोकं प्रापयामास॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when warfare is framed within kṣatriya-dharma, its immediate outcome is death and passage to Yama’s realm; the verse underscores the grave ethical weight of violence and the inevitability of mortality.
Sañjaya reports that Suparvā, described as a ‘mountain-lord,’ kills his opponent—figuratively ‘sending’ him to Vaivasvata (Yama), i.e., to the realm of death—during the fighting in Droṇa Parva.