Shloka 27
भीमसेनस्य वेगाभिपातः—विशोकसारथिसंवादश्च
Bhīma’s surge and dialogue with charioteer Viśoka
अभ्यवर्षन्त वेगेन विसृजन्त: शितान् शरान् । युधिष्ठिर आदि पाण्डव महारथी शस्त्रधारियोंमें श्रेष्ठ अश्वत्थामापर बड़े वेगसे पैने बाणोंकी वर्षा करने लगे ।। आगच्छमानांस्तान् दृष्टवा क्रुद्धरूपान् परंतप:
sañjaya uvāca | abhyavarṣanta vegena visṛjantaḥ śitān śarān | yudhiṣṭhirādi pāṇḍavā mahārathī śastradhāriṣu śreṣṭha aśvatthāmā paraṃ baḍe vegase painē bāṇoṅkī varṣā karane lage || āgacchamānāṃs tān dṛṣṭvā kruddharūpān paraṃtapaḥ |
Wika ni Sañjaya: Sa matinding bilis ay nagpaulan sila ng matatalim na palaso. Pagkaraan, si Aśvatthāmā, anak ni Droṇa—pinakamagaling sa mga may sandata at isang maharathi—ay nagsimulang magbuhos ng mabangis na unos ng mga palasong matutulis laban sa mga Pāṇḍava na pinangungunahan ni Yudhiṣṭhira. Nang makita niyang papalapit sila na anyong nagngangalit, ang tagasunog ng mga kaaway ay naghanda ng mas pinaigting na lakas upang salubungin sila.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in war, anger and momentum can rapidly intensify violence; it implicitly contrasts the warrior’s duty to fight with the ethical danger of wrath (krodha) overtaking discernment, a recurring Mahābhārata concern about restraint even amid kṣatriya obligations.
Aśvatthāmā, described as a foremost weapon-bearer and great chariot-warrior, unleashes a swift shower of sharp arrows at the Pāṇḍavas led by Yudhiṣṭhira; seeing them advance in anger, he responds with heightened martial force.