Shloka 131
रथाश्वपत्तयो नागै रथाश्रेभाश्ष पत्तिभि: | रथपत्तिद्विपश्षाश्रै रथैश्षापि नरद्विपा:
rathāśvapattayo nāgai rathāśrebhāś ca pattibhiḥ | rathapattidvipaś cāśrai rathaiś cāpi naradvipāḥ ||
قال سنجيا: في ذلك الاضطراب من المعركة، صرعت الفيلةُ العرباتِ والخيولَ والمشاة؛ وهاجم المشاةُ مقاتلي العربات؛ ثم عادت العرباتُ فضغطت الفيلةَ والمشاةَ معًا—حتى سُحق الناسُ والفيلةُ وسط هجماتٍ متداخلةٍ متبادلة.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the cyclical, mutually destructive nature of warfare: each arm of the army becomes both hunter and hunted. Ethically, it points to how conflict erodes stability and compassion, reducing living beings to instruments within a violent exchange.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield as different divisions—elephants, chariots, cavalry, and infantry—colliding in shifting patterns of advantage. Elephants trample mixed troops, infantry presses chariot-warriors, and chariots counter elephants and footmen, producing widespread devastation.