Shloka 17
येन येन प्रसरतो वाय्वग्नी सहितौ वने
yena yena prasarato vāyvagnī sahitau vane
قال سنجيا: «حيثما انتشر الريح والنار معًا في الغابة…» (ويبدأ بوصف اندفاع الدمار السريع الذي لا يكاد يُكبح—صورة تُؤطِّر عنف المعركة كقوةٍ إذا أُطلقت تجاوزت سهولة الضبط وأكلت كل ما يقع في طريقها.)
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse’s imagery suggests that when destructive forces combine—like wind feeding fire—the resulting harm spreads rapidly and indiscriminately. Ethically, it cautions that violence, once set in motion, can exceed intention and become difficult to contain.
Sañjaya is beginning a simile-based description of events in the battle, comparing the onward surge of devastation to wind and fire moving together through a forest, emphasizing speed, reach, and uncontrollable spread.