Shloka 20
भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः
Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas
संग्रामे भीष्ममासाद्य व्यादितास्यमिवान्तकम् । निमग्ना: परलोकाय सवाजिरथकुज्जरा:
saṅgrāme bhīṣmam āsādya vyāditāsyam ivāntakam | nimagnāḥ paralokāya savājirathakuñjarāḥ ||
三阇耶说道：在鏖战之中，他们遭遇毗湿摩——如同张口欲噬的死神——诸勇士连同战马、战车与战象，仿佛被吞没一般，沉坠向彼世。
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.