Shloka 50
शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni
with Ulūka’s fall
सुदर्शनमदृश्यं तं शरैश्नक्रे हसन्निव । ततोअस्य प्रहसन् क्रुद्ध: शिर: कायादपाहरत्
sudarśanam adṛśyaṃ taṃ śaraiḥ śakre hasann iva | tato 'sya prahasan kruddhaḥ śiraḥ kāyād apāharat ||
Wika ni Sañjaya: Si Indra, na wari’y tumatawa, ay pinabagsak si Sudarśana sa pamamagitan ng mga palaso at pinawi siya sa paningin. Pagkaraan, muling tumawa ngunit puno ng poot, pinugot niya ang ulo nito mula sa katawan.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the swift and overwhelming nature of superior power in a righteous-cosmic order: in the chaos of war, arrogance or unchecked aggression can meet sudden retribution, and even a warrior’s strength is fragile before a higher force.
Sañjaya narrates that Indra (Śakra) strikes Sudarśana with arrows so that he becomes unseen, and then—laughing yet enraged—Indra severs Sudarśana’s head from his body, describing a decisive killing blow.