Shloka 27
भीमसेनस्य वेगाभिपातः—विशोकसारथिसंवादश्च
Bhīma’s surge and dialogue with charioteer Viśoka
अभ्यवर्षन्त वेगेन विसृजन्त: शितान् शरान् । युधिष्ठिर आदि पाण्डव महारथी शस्त्रधारियोंमें श्रेष्ठ अश्वत्थामापर बड़े वेगसे पैने बाणोंकी वर्षा करने लगे ।। आगच्छमानांस्तान् दृष्टवा क्रुद्धरूपान् परंतप:
sañjaya uvāca | abhyavarṣanta vegena visṛjantaḥ śitān śarān | yudhiṣṭhirādi pāṇḍavā mahārathī śastradhāriṣu śreṣṭha aśvatthāmā paraṃ baḍe vegase painē bāṇoṅkī varṣā karane lage || āgacchamānāṃs tān dṛṣṭvā kruddharūpān paraṃtapaḥ |
三阇耶说道：他们以极快之势放出锋利之箭，如雨倾泻。于是，德罗那之子阿湿婆他摩——执兵之士中最为卓绝的摩诃车战士——开始向以坚战为首的般度五子倾注凶猛的箭暴。见他们怒形逼近，这位焚灼仇敌者便蓄势以更强之力迎击，战势愈加酷烈。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in war, anger and momentum can rapidly intensify violence; it implicitly contrasts the warrior’s duty to fight with the ethical danger of wrath (krodha) overtaking discernment, a recurring Mahābhārata concern about restraint even amid kṣatriya obligations.
Aśvatthāmā, described as a foremost weapon-bearer and great chariot-warrior, unleashes a swift shower of sharp arrows at the Pāṇḍavas led by Yudhiṣṭhira; seeing them advance in anger, he responds with heightened martial force.