Shloka 343
पाण्डवानामनीकानि प्रगृह्मासौ व्यशातयत् | उन्होंने रणभूमिमें भगवान् रुद्र और विष्णुके समान अपना भयंकर रूप दिखाकर पाण्डव-सेनाओंका बलपूर्वक विनाश कर डाला
pāṇḍavānām anīkāni pragṛhya asau vyaśātayat |
Wika ni Sañjaya: Sinunggaban niya ang mga hanay ng labanan ng mga Pāṇḍava at winasak ang mga iyon. Sa larangan ay ipinamalas niya ang isang nakapanghihilakbot na anyo—tulad nina Rudra at Viṣṇu—at sa dalisay na lakas ay idinulot ang pagkalipol ng mga hukbo ng Pāṇḍava, na nagpapakita kung paanong pinalalaki ng digmaan ang kapangyarihan at kapahamakan lampas sa sukat ng karaniwang tao.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral gravity of war: extraordinary martial power can resemble divine, world-shaking force, yet its immediate fruit is devastation. It invites reflection on how violence, even when framed within kṣatriya duty, rapidly escalates into widespread suffering and loss.
Sañjaya reports that a leading warrior on the field seizes and breaks the Pāṇḍavas’ troop-formations, displaying a fearsome, overwhelming presence likened to Rudra and Viṣṇu, and thereby causes heavy destruction among the Pāṇḍava forces.