Shloka 20
भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः
Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas
संग्रामे भीष्ममासाद्य व्यादितास्यमिवान्तकम् । निमग्ना: परलोकाय सवाजिरथकुज्जरा:
saṅgrāme bhīṣmam āsādya vyāditāsyam ivāntakam | nimagnāḥ paralokāya savājirathakuñjarāḥ ||
Sañjaya nói: Giữa cơn giao chiến, khi chạm trán Bhīṣma—tựa Thần Chết há miệng rộng—các chiến binh, cùng ngựa, chiến xa và voi, như bị nuốt chửng, chìm dần về cõi bên kia.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the inevitability of death in war and the ethical weight of martial action: when a formidable warrior becomes like personified Death, combatants are reminded that violence swiftly turns into irreversible consequence, dissolving pride into mortality.
Sañjaya reports that warriors who confronted Bhīṣma on the battlefield were overwhelmed as if swallowed by Death itself—falling along with their mounts and war machines (horses, chariots, elephants), suggesting massive destruction under Bhīṣma’s onslaught.