Mahabharata 7.202.6 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 202, Shloka 6
यथा दग्ध्वा जगत् कृत्स्नं समये सचराचरम् । गच्छेद् वल्नलिविंभोरास्यं तथास्त्रं भीममावृणोत्
yathā dagdhvā jagat kṛtsnaṃ samaye sacarācaram | gacched vanalivimbhor āsyam tathāstraṃ bhīmam āvṛṇot ||
Wika ni Sañjaya: “Kung paanong sa panahon ng pagkalusaw, ang apoy na lumalamon sa lahat ay sinusunog ang buong daigdig, kasama ang lahat ng gumagalaw at di-gumagalaw, at saka pumapasok sa bibig ng Kataas-taasan; gayon din ang kakila-kilabot na sandatang iyon ay sumaklob kay Bhīmasena mula sa bawat panig.”
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The verse uses pralaya imagery to convey that certain astras, once released, function like impersonal forces of cosmic destruction. This heightens the moral seriousness of deploying such weapons in battle, implying that power must be restrained by dharma and discernment.
Sañjaya describes a terrifying weapon that has enveloped Bhīmasena on all sides. To communicate its overwhelming nature, he compares it to the dissolution-fire that consumes the whole world and then returns into the Supreme.
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