Shloka 35
भीमस्य जलान्वेषणं तथा वनविश्रान्तिः
Bhīma’s Search for Water and the Forest Halt
चालयन् रथनागांश्व॒ संचचाल वृकोदर: । भीमसेनकी गदासे मस्तक फट जानेके कारण वे पर्वतोंके समान विशालकाय गजराज लोहूके झरने बहाते हुए वज़्के आघातसे (पंख कटे हुए) पहाड़ोंकी भाँति पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़ते थे। अर्जुनके बड़े भाई पाण्डुनन्दन भीमने हाथियों
cālayan rathanāgāśvān sañcacāla vṛkodaraḥ | bhīmasenakī gadāse mastaka phaṭ jāneke kāraṇa ve parvatoṃke samān viśālakāya gajarāja lohūke jharane bahāte hue vajrāghātase (pakṣa kaṭe hue) pahāṛoṃkī bhānti pṛthvīpara gira paṛte the | arjunake baṛe bhāī pāṇḍunandana bhīmne hāthiyoṃ, ghoṛoṃ evaṃ rathoṃko dharāśāyī kara diyā | paidaloṃ tathā rathiyoṃkā saṃhāra kara ḍālā | jaise gvālā vanameṃ ḍaṇḍese paśuoṃko hāṃkatā hai, usī prakāra bhīmasena rathiyoṃ aura hāthiyoṃko khadeṛte hue unakā pīchā karane lage ||
毗湿摩波耶那说道：狼腹者（毗摩）冲入战阵，震撼战车、象群与马队。那如山般魁伟的象王，被毗摩塞那之钉锤击中，头颅迸裂，血流如注，倒地如无翼之山为霹雳所摧。般度之子毗摩——亦即阿周那的长兄——使象、马、车尽皆倾覆，又屠戮步卒与车战之士。正如牧牛人于林中执杖驱赶牛群，毗摩塞那追逐驱散御车者与象群，穷追不舍。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights kṣatriya-style valor and battlefield resolve: Bhīma acts with overwhelming force to break enemy formations. Ethically, it reflects the epic’s realism about war—heroism is praised, yet the imagery of blood and collapse underscores the grave cost of violence.
Vaiśampāyana describes Bhīma charging through combat, shaking chariots, elephants, and horses. With mace-blows he fells massive elephants and destroys chariots and troops, then pursues the routed fighters like a cowherd driving cattle.