Shloka 37
द्रोणकर्णयोः निशि संप्रहारः — Night Engagement with Droṇa and Karṇa
हया वारणमुख्याश्च प्रापतन्त समन्तत:
hayā vāraṇamukhyāś ca prāpatanta samantataḥ
قال سنجيا: من كل جانب اندفعت خيرةُ الخيل وأفخمُ الفيلة، فاقتحمت غمار القتال، إذ اشتدّ زخمُ المعركة وتصلّبت عزائمُ المحاربين حتى صارت هجومًا لا يلين.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how war escalates beyond individual heroics into overwhelming collective force—symbolized by massed cavalry and elephants—inviting reflection on the ethical weight of violence and the inevitability of consequences once conflict is unleashed.
Sañjaya reports that elite horses and leading elephants are charging in from all directions, indicating an intensification of the battle and a surrounding, pressing assault within the ongoing Drona Parva combat.