Shloka 70
अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च
Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter
भीमसेनस्तु संसक्ते राधेये पाण्डवैः सह | सर्वतो5भ्यहनत् क्रुद्धो यमदण्डनिभै: शरैः । वाह्लीकान् केकयान् मत्स्यान् वासात्यान् मद्रसैन्धवान्
bhīmasenas tu saṁsakte rādheye pāṇḍavaiḥ saha | sarvato 'bhyahanat kruddho yamadaṇḍanibhaiḥ śaraiḥ | vāhlīkān kekayān matsyān vāsātyān madrasindhavān |
Wika ni Sanjaya: Nang ang labanan ay nagpagapos kay Bhīmasena sa masinsing sagupaan kay Rādheya (Karna) kasama ng mga Pāṇḍava, siya’y nag-alab sa poot at humampas sa lahat ng panig sa pamamagitan ng mga palasong kasindak-sindak, na wari’y pamalong parusa ni Yama. Pinuksa niya ang mga Vāhlīka, Kekaya, Matsya, Vāsātya, at ang mga Madra at Sindhava—nagkalat ng takot at paghihiganti sa buong larangan.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral gravity of war: anger amplifies violence, and battle becomes a field of swift punishment (evoked through the image of Yama’s rod). It implicitly warns that even righteous duty, when driven by wrath, spreads suffering widely beyond the immediate opponent.
Sanjaya reports that Bhima, while engaged in the broader clash involving Karna, becomes furious and attacks in all directions, cutting down multiple allied contingents—Vahlikas, Kekayas, Matsyas, Vasatyas, Madras, and Sindhavas—with deadly arrows.