Shloka 35
Śalya-parva Adhyāya 26 — Duryodhana’s remnant formation and rapid engagements
ते तु तं वै समासाद्य परिवद्रु: समन््ततः
te tu taṃ vai samāsādya parivavruḥ samantataḥ | tato yoddhā bhīmasenam upetya paryavārayann | sa parivṛto bhīmasenas tīkṣṇaiḥ śaraiḥ samantataḥ | indro yathāsurān ghnan vai tathā tān pīḍayām āsa ||
سنجے نے کہا—وہ جنگجو بھیم سین کے پاس پہنچ کر اسے ہر طرف سے گھیر کر کھڑے ہو گئے۔ تب میدانِ جنگ میں گھِرے ہوئے بھیم سین نے تیز و تند تیروں سے تمہارے ان سب لشکریوں کو اسی طرح ستانا اور کچلنا شروع کیا جیسے سہسرآکش اندَر اسوروں کو نیست و نابود کرتا ہے۔
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights steadfast valor and effective action under pressure: even when surrounded, a warrior committed to his duty can respond with focused skill. The Indra–Asura comparison also frames the conflict in moral-cosmic terms, suggesting that force in war is evaluated through the lens of dharmic alignment as perceived by the narrator.
Kaurava warriors close in and surround Bhīma from all sides. Despite being encircled, Bhīma counters immediately, wounding and driving back the surrounding troops with volleys of sharp arrows, likened to Indra’s destruction of the Asuras.