Shloka 82

भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः

Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas

Devanagari script

तथा पाण्डवसैन्यानि द्राव्यमाणानि भारत

Transliteration

tathā pāṇḍavasainyāni drāvyamāṇāni bhārata |

Translation

三阇耶说道：“同样地，噢婆罗多啊，般度军在溃逃中被驱赶后退，竟寻不到护佑之人。犹如牛群陷入泥淖，不能自拔；而在那战场上，强大的毗湿摩将那些衰弱的士卒碾碎，仿佛碾压蚁群一般。”

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• पाण्डव: of the Pandavas
• पाण्डव: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सैन्यानि: armies, troops
• सैन्यानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• द्राव्यमाणानि: being driven away / being put to flight
• द्राव्यमाणानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रु (द्रावयति)
• Form: शानच् (present passive participle), Passive, Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• भारत: O Bharata
• भारत: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• Pāṇḍava army
• Bhīṣma
• battlefield
• mud/mire
• cattle
• ants

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how, in war, loss of protection and cohesion turns even a large force into helpless victims; strength without support and leadership collapses, and the powerful can overwhelm the weakened—raising ethical reflection on the harsh asymmetry of violence in battle.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Pāṇḍava troops are being driven back and cannot find a defender; stuck like cattle in mud, they are cut down by the mighty Bhīṣma, who crushes the weakened soldiers like ants.