ततो रथसहस्रेण द्विरदानां शतैस् त्रिभिः ॥
षड्भिर् वाजिसहस्रैश् च भीमस् तं देशम् आव्रजत् ॥
ततो भीमात्मजं रक्षो धृष्टद्युम्नं च सानुगम् ॥
अयोधयत धर्मात्मा द्रौणिर् अक्लिष्टकर्मकृत् ॥
तत्राद्भुततमं द्रौणिर् दर्शयाम् आस विक्रमम् ॥
अशक्यं कर्तुम् अन्येन सर्वभूतेषु भारत ॥
निमेषान्तरमात्रेण साश्वसूतरथद्विपाम् ॥
अक्षौहिणीं राक्षसानां शितैर् बाणैर् अशातयत् ॥
मिषतो भीमसेनस्य हैडिम्बेः पार्षतस्य च ॥
यमयोर् धर्मपुत्रस्य विजयस्याच्युतस्य च ॥
tato rathasahasreṇa dviradānāṃ śatais tribhiḥ ||
ṣaḍbhir vājisahasraiś ca bhīmas taṃ deśam āvrajat ||
tato bhīmātmajaṃ rakṣo dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca sānugam ||
ayodhayata dharmātmā drauṇir akliṣṭakarmakṛt ||
tatrādbhutatamaṃ drauṇir darśayām āsa vikramam ||
aśakyaṃ kartum anyena sarvabhūteṣu bhārata ||
nimeṣāntaramātreṇa sāśvasūtarathadvipām ||
akṣauhiṇīṃ rākṣasānāṃ śitair bāṇair aśātayat ||
miṣato bhīmasenasya haiḍimbeḥ pārṣatasya ca ||
yamayor dharmaputrasya vijayasyācyutasya ca ||
Then, with a thousand chariots, three hundred elephants, and six thousand horses, Bhima approached that place. Then the righteous Drauni, untiring in his deeds, engaged in battle the son of Bhima — the rakshasa [Ghatotkacha] — and Dhrishtadyumna with his retinue. There Drauni displayed the most wondrous valor, impossible for anyone else among all beings, O Bharata: in the space of a single blink of an eye, he destroyed with sharp arrows an entire akshauhini of rakshasas together with their horses, charioteers, chariots, and elephants.
ffcaf4ec2e3d · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:40:45 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
In an instant Ashvatthaman destroys an entire akshauhini of rakshasas — a valor impossible for anyone else: the summit of his aristeia. It is telling that he is called dharmatma, righteous, even in this terrible deed: the poet calls him righteous because he fights out of duty. The verse teaches that valor can reach superhuman measure; but even the greatest slaughter, accomplished in the blink of an eye, is a mountain of the dead — and its glory is bitter in its cost.