Shloka 49
ततः प्रायान्महाराज सौबलेय: प्रतापवान् । रणाय महते युक्तो भ्रातृभि: परिवारित:
tataḥ prāyān mahārāja saubhaleyaḥ pratāpavān | raṇāya mahate yukto bhrātṛbhiḥ parivāritaḥ ||
Wika ni Sañjaya: “Pagkaraan, O Hari, si Śakuni na anak ni Subala—matapang at napalilibutan ng kanyang mga kapatid, handa sa dakilang labanan—ay sumulong. Nang marating niya sa gitna ng sagupaan si Bhīmasena na kakila-kilabot at makapangyarihan, hinarang siya ng bayaning iyon, gaya ng pampang na pumipigil sa dagat.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses a simile—shore restraining the sea—to highlight a moral-psychological truth of conflict: even immense force is met by boundaries and counterforces. In the ethical frame of the Mahābhārata, prowess alone does not guarantee victory; opposition, circumstance, and the larger moral order (dharma and consequence) shape outcomes.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Śakuni, son of Subala, advances into the great battle surrounded by his brothers. He reaches Bhīmasena and checks/halts him in combat, likened to the shore holding back the sea.