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Shloka 32

भरतनन्दन! भीमसेनको गदा हाथमें लिये देख आपके सैनिक कालदण्ड लेकर आया हुआ यमराज मानने लगे ।।

bharatanandana! bhīmasenaṃ gadā-hastaṃ dṛṣṭvā tava sainikāḥ kāla-daṇḍaṃ gṛhītvāgatam iva yamarājaṃ mene || sa matta iva mātaṅgaḥ saṃkruddhaḥ pāṇḍu-nandanaḥ | praviveśa gajā-nīkaṃ makaraḥ sāgaraṃ yathā ||

Sañjaya nói: Hỡi hậu duệ Bharata, thấy Bhīmasena cầm chùy, quân của ngài tưởng đó là Yama đến, mang theo cây trượng của Tử thần. Rồi Bhīmasena, con của Pāṇḍu, giận dữ như voi đực đang kỳ động dục, lao thẳng vào đội tượng binh của địch—như makara phóng vào biển cả.

सःhe (that one)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मत्तःintoxicated, rutting
मत्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमत्त
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवas if, like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
मातङ्गःelephant
मातङ्गः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमातङ्ग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
संक्रुद्धःenraged, highly angered
संक्रुद्धः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसंक्रुद्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पाण्डुनन्दनःson of Pāṇḍu (Bhīmasena)
पाण्डुनन्दनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डु-नन्दन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रविवेशentered
प्रविवेश:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-विश्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
गजानीकम्elephant-corps, elephant-army
गजानीकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगज-अनीक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मकरःcrocodile, makara
मकरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमकर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सागरम्ocean
सागरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसागर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
B
Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
Y
Yamarāja (Yama)
D
Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address 'bharatanandana')
P
Pāṇḍu (via epithet 'pāṇḍu-nandana')
G
gadā (mace)
G
gajā-nīka (elephant corps)
S
sāgara (ocean/sea)
M
makara

Educational Q&A

The verse frames battlefield power in ethical terms: when violence is tied to judgment and consequence, it is imagined as Yama’s rod—an emblem that deeds ripen into unavoidable results. It also shows how inner states (wrath, resolve) shape collective perception (fear, collapse of morale).

Sañjaya reports that Bhīma, mace in hand, advances so terrifyingly that the Kaurava soldiers think Death himself has arrived. In a vivid simile, Bhīma—like a rut-maddened elephant—charges into the enemy elephant division, like a makara plunging into the sea.