Shloka 44

Devanagari script

अलम्बुषस्तु समरे भैमसेनिं महाबलम्‌ । बहुधा दारयामास शरै: संनतपर्वभि:,तब अलम्बुषने भी महाबली भीमसेनपुत्र घटोत्कचको झुकी हुई गाँठवाले बाणोंद्वारा समरांगणमें बहुत प्रकारसे घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

alambuṣas tu samare bhaimaseniṁ mahābalam | bahudhā dārayāmāsa śaraiḥ saṁnataparvabhiḥ ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：在激战之中，阿蓝布沙猛攻大力的“拜摩塞尼”——毗摩塞那之子伽托特迦遮——以关节弯曲的箭矢多方穿刺，使其遍体创伤。

Word by Word

अलम्बुषःAlambusha

तुbut/indeed

समरेin battle

भैमसेनिम्the son of Bhimasena (Ghaṭotkaca)

महाबलम्very strong/mighty

बहुधाin many ways/repeatedly

दारयामासtore/pierced (repeatedly)

शरैःwith arrows

संनतपर्वभिःhaving bent/curved joints (i.e., barbed/knotted)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Alambuṣa

Bhaimaseni (Ghaṭotkaca)

Bhīmasena

arrows (śara)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the harsh reality of dharma-yuddha as experienced on the battlefield: valor and strength must endure sustained, skillful assault. It implicitly points to the ethical tension of war—great warriors are tested not only by might but by disciplined technique and relentless engagement.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Alambuṣa, in the midst of combat, strikes the mighty Bhaimaseni—identified in context as Ghaṭotkaca, Bhīma’s son—wounding him repeatedly with specially described arrows (saṁnata-parvan, ‘bent-jointed’).