Shloka 343
पाण्डवानामनीकानि प्रगृह्मासौ व्यशातयत् | उन्होंने रणभूमिमें भगवान् रुद्र और विष्णुके समान अपना भयंकर रूप दिखाकर पाण्डव-सेनाओंका बलपूर्वक विनाश कर डाला
pāṇḍavānām anīkāni pragṛhya asau vyaśātayat |
सञ्जय उवाच—पाण्डवानामनीकानि प्रगृह्य स व्यशातयत्; रणभूमौ रुद्रविष्णुसमं घोरं रूपं प्रदर्श्य, बलेन पाण्डवसेनानां विनाशं चकार।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral gravity of war: extraordinary martial power can resemble divine, world-shaking force, yet its immediate fruit is devastation. It invites reflection on how violence, even when framed within kṣatriya duty, rapidly escalates into widespread suffering and loss.
Sañjaya reports that a leading warrior on the field seizes and breaks the Pāṇḍavas’ troop-formations, displaying a fearsome, overwhelming presence likened to Rudra and Viṣṇu, and thereby causes heavy destruction among the Pāṇḍava forces.