संजय उवाच एवमादीनि वाक्यानि क्रूराणि परुषाणि च
sañjaya uvāca evamādīni vākyāni krūrāṇi paruṣāṇi ca
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে— এইদৰে নিষ্ঠুৰ আৰু কঠোৰ বাক্য উচ্চাৰিত হ’ল।
संजय उवाच
The verse highlights the ethical decline that occurs when speech turns cruel and harsh; even in conflict, unrestrained, wounding words are portrayed as a moral failing that departs from dharma and self-control.
Sañjaya, as narrator, reports that statements of a cruel and harsh kind were spoken—setting the tone for a tense exchange or escalation in the war narrative where verbal aggression accompanies physical violence.