यथा रात्रिक्षये राजञ् ज्योतींष्य् अस्तगिरिं प्रति ॥
समापेतुस् तथा बाणा भीमसेनरथं प्रति ॥
स हि भीमो रथश् चास्य हयाः सूतश् च मारिष ॥
संवृता द्रोणपुत्रेण पावकान्तर्गताभवन् ॥
यथा दग्ध्वा जगत् कृत्स्नं समये सचराचरम् ॥
गच्छेद् अग्निर् विभोर् आस्यं तथास्त्रं भीमम् आवृणोत् ॥
yathā rātrikṣaye rājañ jyotīṃṣy astagiriṃ prati ||
samāpetus tathā bāṇā bhīmasenarathaṃ prati ||
sa hi bhīmo rathaś cāsya hayāḥ sūtaś ca māriṣa ||
saṃvṛtā droṇaputreṇa pāvakāntargatābhavan ||
yathā dagdhvā jagat kṛtsnaṃ samaye sacarācaram ||
gacched agnir vibhor āsyaṃ tathāstraṃ bhīmam āvṛṇot ||
As at the end of night, O king, the luminaries [rush] toward the mountain of sunset, so the arrows rushed toward the chariot of Bhimasena. For that Bhima, his chariot, his horses and charioteer, O worthy one, enveloped by the son of Drona, became as if inside fire. As fire, having burned the whole world with the moving and unmoving at the [appointed] time, would enter the mouth of the Lord [Vishnu], so the weapon enveloped Bhima.
e41993f35613 · publicado 19 jul 2026, 17:12:46 UTC
Disponible enRUENPasa de verso en verso con
The fire enveloping Bhima is likened to the universal flame of the dissolution that, after consuming the world, enters the mouth of Vishnu. It is telling that a warrior's private disaster is raised to a cosmic measure: the destruction of one and the destruction of the world are made equal in the mirror of the image. The verse teaches that every destruction is a reflection of the great dissolution; and the fire threatening Bhima reminds us that the world too will one day enter the mouth of the Lord -- and so support must be sought in the One who remains beyond every conflagration.