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Mahabharata · 7.84.23–24
॥
Санджая
Devanāgarī
बललाघवसंपन्नः संपन्नो विक्रमेण च ॥
भैमसेनी रणे क्रुद्धः सर्वसैन्यान्य् अभीषयत् ॥
स विस्फुटितसर्वाङ्गश् चूर्णितास्थिविभूषणः ॥
घटोत्कचेन वीरेण हतः सालकटङ्कटः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
balalāghavasaṃpannaḥ saṃpanno vikrameṇa ca ||
bhaimasenī raṇe kruddhaḥ sarvasainyāny abhīṣayat ||
sa visphuṭitasarvāṅgaś cūrṇitāsthivibhūṣaṇaḥ ||
ghaṭotkacena vīreṇa hataḥ sālakaṭaṅkaṭaḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
बललाघवसंपन्नःbalalāghavasaṃpannaḥendowed with strength and agility; possessed of strength and swiftness
संपन्नः विक्रमेण चsaṃpannaḥ vikrameṇa caand endowed with prowess; and possessed of valor
भैमसेनी रणे क्रुद्धःbhaimasenī raṇe kruddhaḥthe son of Bhimasena, enraged in battle; Bhimasena's son, furious in combat
सर्वसैन्यानि अभीषयत्sarvasainyāni abhīṣayatterrified all the armies; struck terror into all the hosts
सः विस्फुटितसर्वाङ्गःsaḥ visphuṭitasarvāṅgaḥhe, with all his limbs shattered; he, with all his members burst asunder
चूर्णितास्थिविभूषणःcūrṇitāsthivibhūṣaṇaḥwith bones and ornaments crushed; with bones and adornments ground to powder
घटोत्कचेन वीरेणghaṭotkacena vīreṇaby the hero Ghatotkacha; by the hero Ghatotkacha
हतः सालकटङ्कटःhataḥ sālakaṭaṅkaṭaḥwas slain, Salakatankata [Alambusa]; was struck down, Salakatankata [Alambusa]
Translation
Endowed with strength and agility, and endowed with prowess, the son of Bhimasena, enraged in battle, terrified all the armies. He [Alambusa], with all his limbs shattered, his bones and ornaments crushed, was slain by the hero Ghatotkacha — Salakatankata.
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5d65c919e21e · published Jul 19, 2026, 4:02:23 PM UTC
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Ghatotkacha joins strength, agility, and valor together: it is not by brute force alone but by nimbleness and courage besides that evil is brought down. It is telling that overcoming untruth demands a fullness of qualities, not raw effort alone. The verse teaches that victory over darkness requires not scattered but gathered excellence: strength without agility is blind, agility without valor is timid; only where they are fused together is untruth finally overthrown.