Shloka 29
भीमस्य जलान्वेषणं तथा वनविश्रान्तिः
Bhīma’s Search for Water and the Forest Halt
जीप नो सहज अत णिरिवानक ततः :स्वनाम् | भीमसेनो :
bhīmasenaḥ pāñcālānāṃ senāṃ uttāla-taraṅga-vat vikṣubdha-mahāsāgara iva garjanāṃ kurvāṇaḥ | mahābāhur bhīmaseno daṇḍapāṇir yamarāja iva tāṃ viśālāṃ senāṃ praviśat, yathā samudre makaraḥ praviśet | gadādharo bhīmaḥ svayam hastināṃ senāyāṃ prapatat |
毗耶娑波耶那说道：以毗摩塞那为先锋的般遮罗大军，咆哮如被搅动而掀起滔天巨浪的浩瀚大海。臂力无双的毗摩手执如杖之兵，猛然冲入那支大军，宛如阎摩——司掌正法与死亡之主——入阵施行不可逃避的报应；又如摩伽罗海兽潜入大海。毗摩挥舞巨槌，亲自扑向象军，势不可当，直破其阵。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses Yama and ocean imagery to suggest that in war, overwhelming force can be portrayed as the inevitable arrival of consequence—justice and retribution unfolding with a power that seems unavoidable. It highlights the epic’s tendency to frame violence not merely as personal anger but as part of a larger moral-cosmic order.
Vaiśaṃpāyana describes the Pāñcāla army roaring like a stormy ocean. Bhīma, wielding his mace, charges into the opposing host and specifically crashes into the elephant contingent, likened to a makara entering the sea—an image of fearless penetration and destructive momentum.