Shloka 22
समभ्यधावंस्त्वरिताश्रित्रकार्मुकधारिण: । सात्यकि, भीमसेन, ट्रुपदकुमार धृष्टद्युम्न, विराट, द्रुपद, राक्षस घटोत्कव और अभिमन्यु--ये सात वीर क्रोधसे मूर्च्छित हो तुरंत ही विचित्र धनुष धारण किये वहाँ दौड़े आये || २०-२१ है ।।
sañjaya uvāca | samabhyadhāvaṁs tvaritāśritakārmukadhāriṇaḥ—sātyakiḥ, bhīmasenaḥ, drupadakumāro dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ, virāṭaḥ, drupadaḥ, rākṣaso ghaṭotkacaḥ, abhimanyuś ca—ete vīrāḥ krodhasaṁmūrcchitāḥ kṣipram eva vicitradhanurdharāḥ tatra dhāvamānāḥ || teṣāṁ samabhavad yuddhaṁ tumulaṁ lomaharṣaṇam | atāḍayan raṇe bhīṣmaṁ sahitāḥ sarvasṛñjayāḥ ||
Sañjaya nói: Rồi họ mang cung, lao đi như gió đến nơi ấy—Sātyaki, Bhīmasena, Dhṛṣṭadyumna con Drupada, Virāṭa, Drupada, rākṣasa Ghaṭotkaca và Abhimanyu—bảy dũng sĩ say cuồng vì giận dữ, cầm những cây cung kỳ diệu. Từ cuộc xung phong của họ, một trận chiến ầm ầm rợn tóc gáy bùng lên. Hợp nhất như quân Sṛñjaya, họ đánh Bhīṣma trong giao tranh từ mọi phía.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights the tension between righteous duty and the destructive force of anger: warriors act within kṣatriya-dharma (organized, united assault in war), yet the text also marks the psychological cost—krodha (wrath) driving action and the battle becoming ‘lomaharṣaṇa,’ a reminder of war’s terrifying moral weight.
A group of seven prominent Pāṇḍava-aligned heroes—Sātyaki, Bhīma, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Virāṭa, Drupada, Ghaṭotkaca, and Abhimanyu—charge together and engage Bhīṣma. Their coordinated attack produces a fierce, tumultuous clash as they attempt to overwhelm the Kuru commander from all sides.