Shloka 84
Daiva–Puruṣakāra Discourse and the Elephant-Corps Engagement (भीमगजानीक-सम्भ्रान्ति)
विप्रजग्मुरनीकेषु मेघा वातहता इव । मृद्नन्तः स्वान्यनीकानि विनदन्त: शरातुरा:
viprajagmur anīkeṣu meghā vātahatā iva | mṛdnantaḥ svāny anīkāni vinadantaḥ śarāturāḥ ||
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—পাণ্ডুনন্দন ভীমে সৱাৰসকলক নিধন কৰাৰ পাছত বহু মত্ত হাতী বতাহত মেঘৰ দৰে সেনাবিন্যাসসমূহৰ মাজত সোমাই চিত্তভ্ৰমে ইফালে-সিফালে ছিটকি পৰিল। সিহঁতে নিজৰ দলে-দলে সৈন্যক পিষি, বাণৰ বেদনাত ব্যাকুল হৈ আৰ্তনাদ কৰিলে।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a recurring ethical insight of the epic: violence unleashes forces that easily become uncontrollable. Power without restraint and coordination can rebound upon one’s own people, turning strength (war-elephants) into self-inflicted disaster.
After Bhīma kills many mounted fighters, the Kaurava war-elephants—wounded by arrows and maddened—lose control, scatter through the formations, trample their own troops, and cry out in pain, creating panic and disorder in the Kaurava ranks.