Shloka 84
ततो युद्ध सुदुर्धर्ष व्याकुलं समपद्यत । शूराणां समरे तत्र समासाद्येतरेतरम्,कुछ ही देरमें उस रणक्षेत्रके भीतर शूरवीर सैनिकोंका एक-दूसरेसे भिड़कर अत्यन्त दुर्धर्ष एवं घमासान युद्ध होने लगा
tato yuddhaṃ sudurdharṣaṃ vyākulaṃ samapadyata | śūrāṇāṃ samare tatra samāsādyetaretaram ||
قال سنجيا: ثم في ذلك الميدان، لما تقارب الأبطال واصطدم بعضهم ببعض، انقلب القتال سريعًا إلى ملحمةٍ مضطربةٍ عاتيةٍ عسيرةِ الدفع—صدامٍ شديدٍ لا يُحتمل، وُلد من التحامهم المتبادل في الحرب.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the inexorable escalation of war: once opposing heroes mutually engage, combat tends to become overwhelming and chaotic. Ethically, it frames the battlefield as a realm where intention and duty (especially kṣatriya-dharma) are tested amid confusion and intensity.
Sañjaya reports that the warriors on the battlefield have closed ranks and begun fighting directly with one another, resulting in a fierce, hard-to-withstand, tumultuous clash—a full melee rather than orderly engagement.