Shloka 173
अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च
Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter
मृत्योरुपान्तिकं प्राप्तौ माद्रीपुत्रौ सम मेनिरे । आपके पुत्रका वह पराक्रम देखकर सब महारथी ऐसा मानने लगे कि माद्रीके दोनों पुत्र मृत्युके निकट पहुँच गये
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Wika ni Sañjaya: Nang makita ang kabayanihan ng iyong anak, inakala ng lahat ng mga dakilang mandirigmang karwahe na ang dalawang anak ni Mādrī ay naitulak na sa pinakagilid ng kamatayan.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral tension of battlefield glory: extraordinary prowess can be admired, yet its immediate measure is the capacity to drive others toward death. It invites reflection on how kṣatriya valor operates within dharma while still producing grave human cost.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, after witnessing the might of the king’s son, the assembled elite warriors judged that Mādrī’s two sons—Nakula and Sahadeva—were pushed to the brink of death.