Shloka 713
अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च
Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter
प्रपतन्तो हतारोहा: कम्पयन्ति सम मेदिनीम् । वहाँ भीमसेनके नाराचोंद्वारा मर्मस्थानोंमें घायल हुए हाथी सवारोंसहित धराशायी हो इस पृथ्वीको कम्पित कर देते थे
prapatanto hatārohāḥ kampayanti sma medinīm | tatra bhīmasenasya nārācair marmasthāneṣu viddhā hastisavārāḥ saha dharāśāyino bhūmim kampayanti sma |
Sañjaya said: As the riders were struck down, they fell headlong and made the earth tremble. There, elephant-warriors—pierced by Bhīmasena’s nārāca arrows in their vital points—collapsed along with their mounts, and their heavy fall shook the ground. The scene underscores the grim ethic of battlefield skill: precise force directed at vulnerable points brings swift, irreversible ruin, revealing war’s terrible cost even when valor is present.
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