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Mahabharata 7.136.116Drona Parva, Adhyaya 136, Shloka 116

Chapter 136: Pandava Counter-Encirclement and the Vāyavya-Astra Disruption

गदया भारत: क्रुद्धो वज्ेणेन्द्र इवासुरान्‌ | जैसे कुपित हुए इन्द्रने वज़्से असुरोंका वध किया था

sañjaya uvāca | gadayā bhārataḥ kruddho vajreṇendra ivāsurān |

สัญชัยกล่าวว่า—ภีมะผู้สืบสายภารตะเมื่อโกรธเกรี้ยว ก็เหวี่ยงกระบองดุจพระอินทร์ขว้างวัชระสังหารอสูร และในความเดือดดาลนั้น เขาฟาดสังหารม้าชั้นเลิศของกรรณะ ซึ่งฝึกดีเหมาะแก่การลากรถศึก

गदयाwith a mace
गदया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootगदा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
भारतःBhārata (a descendant of Bharata; here Bhīma)
भारतः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
क्रुद्धःangry
क्रुद्धः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रुद्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वज्रेणwith the thunderbolt
वज्रेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवlike, as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
असुरान्the Asuras (demons)
असुरान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
B
Bhima
I
Indra
A
Asuras
M
Mace (gadā)
T
Thunderbolt (vajra)
K
Karna
K
Karna’s horses

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how anger (krodha) intensifies destructive capacity in war and can shift action toward ruthless expediency—here, crippling an enemy’s effectiveness by killing the horses. It invites reflection on the ethical tension between battlefield necessity and the moral cost of wrath-driven violence.

Sanjaya describes Bhima, furious in combat, striking with his mace in a manner compared to Indra’s thunderbolt against the Asuras. In that onslaught, Bhima kills Karna’s fine horses, thereby impairing Karna’s chariot mobility and combat advantage.

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