Shloka 47
Śālva’s Elephant Assault and the Counterstroke (शाल्वस्य नागारूढाभ्यवहारः)
निग्रहीतु प्रवृत्ता हि योधांश्षञान्यानवारयन् । महाराज! वे सभी सैनिक कुपित हो पाण्डव महारथी भीमसेनको पकड़नेकी चेट्टामें संलग्न हो गये और दूसरे योद्धाओंको भी आगे बढ़नेसे रोकने लगे ।। अक्रुध्यत रणे भीमस्तैस्तदा पर्यवस्थितै:
nigrahītuṃ pravṛttā hi yodhāṃś cānyān avārayan | mahārāja! te sarve sainikāḥ kupitāḥ pāṇḍava-mahārathiṃ bhīmasenaṃ grahītuṃ ceṣṭāyāṃ saṃlagnā abhavan, anyān yodhān api cāgre gantuṃ nivārayām āsuḥ || akrudhyata raṇe bhīmas tais tadā paryavasthitaiḥ |
Wika ni Sañjaya: O Hari, yaong mga mandirigmang naghangad na pigilan siya ay nagsimulang humarang din sa pag-usad ng iba. Nagngitngit ang buong hukbo at sabay-sabay na sumalakay upang dakpin si Bhimasena, ang dakilang mandirigmang-karwahe ng mga Pandava, at pinigil nila ang iba pang mga mandirigma na makalapit. Noon, sa gitna ng labanan, nag-alab sa galit si Bhima laban sa mga pumaligid at humarap sa kanya.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger and group hostility intensify violence: when many attempt to restrain or humiliate a single warrior, the situation escalates into fiercer retaliation. Ethically, it illustrates the battlefield tension between restraint (nigraha) and wrath (krodha), and how collective aggression can provoke disproportionate conflict.
Kaurava soldiers and warriors, enraged, try to seize Bhima and simultaneously block other fighters from advancing. Surrounded and confronted, Bhima’s anger rises in the battle, setting the stage for a forceful counteraction.