ततस् तु सात्वतस्यार्थे भैमसेनिर् नवं दृढम् ॥
मुमोच परिघं घोरं सोमदत्तस्य वक्षसि ॥
तम् आपतन्तं वेगेन परिघं घोरदर्शनम् ॥
द्विधा चिच्छेद समरे प्रहसन्न् इव कौरवः ॥
स पपात द्विधा छिन्न आयसः परिघो महान् ॥
महीधरस्येव महच् छिखरं वज्रदारितम् ॥
ततस् तु सात्यकी राजन् सोमदत्तस्य संयुगे ॥
धनुश् चिच्छेद भल्लेन हस्तावापं च पञ्चभिः ॥
tatas tu sātvatasyārthe bhaimasenir navaṃ dṛḍham ||
mumoca parighaṃ ghoraṃ somadattasya vakṣasi ||
tam āpatantaṃ vegena parighaṃ ghoradarśanam ||
dvidhā ciccheda samare prahasann iva kauravaḥ ||
sa papāta dvidhā chinna āyasaḥ parigho mahān ||
mahīdharasyeva mahac chikharaṃ vajradāritam ||
tatas tu sātyakī rājan somadattasya saṃyuge ||
dhanuś ciccheda bhallena hastāvāpaṃ ca pañcabhiḥ ||
Then, for Satvata's sake, the son of Bhimasena [Ghatotkaca] hurled a new, sturdy, terrible mace at Somadatta's chest. That mace, flying headlong, fearsome to behold, the Kaurava [Somadatta] cut in two in the melee, as if laughing. And the great iron mace fell, cut in two, like a great mountain peak split by the vajra. Then Satyaki, O king, in the encounter severed Somadatta's bow with a broad-headed arrow, and his arm-guard with five arrows.
938c1b740cc7 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:40:45 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Ghatotkaca, the rakshasa, enters the fight with a mace, but Somadatta cuts it in two as the vajra cleaves a mountain peak. It is telling that here too the warrior severs the fearsome weapon 'as if laughing': skill honed by discipline stands against the rakshasa's raw force. The verse teaches that skill overcomes brute power: the heavy mace, a measure of bodily strength, is powerless against the precise stroke of a hand guided by experience; not bulk but accuracy decides the outcome.