Shloka 21
मज्जत्सु चक्रेषु रथान् सत्त्वमास्थाय वाजिन: । कथंचिदवहडउश्रान्ता वेपमाना: शरार्दिता:
majjatsu cakreṣu rathān sattvam āsthāya vājinaḥ | kathaṃcid avahaḍuśrāntā vepamānāḥ śarārditāḥ ||
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—ৰথচক্ৰ কাদাত ডুবি যোৱা সত্ত্বেও অশ্বসকলে সাহস সঞ্চয় কৰি কোনোমতে ৰথসমূহ আগলৈ টানি নিলে। সিহঁত ক্লান্ত, কঁপনি ধৰা আৰু শৰবিদ্ধ বেদনাত কাতৰ আছিল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the harsh ethic of the battlefield: survival and duty-driven momentum often rely on sheer stamina amid pain and fear. It implicitly contrasts heroic resolve with the tragic cost borne even by animals and instruments of war.
Sañjaya describes a chaotic battle scene where chariot wheels are sinking, yet the horses, despite exhaustion and arrow-wounds, manage to pull the chariots forward with great difficulty.