Shloka 19
द्रोण–सात्यकि-युद्धम्
Droṇa–Sātyaki Engagement
चूर्णिताक्षिप्तदग्धानां वजानिलहुताशनै: । तुल्यरूपा गजाः: पेतुर्गियग्राम्बुदवेश्मनाम्
sañjaya uvāca |
cūrṇitākṣiptadagdhānāṁ vajānila-hutāśanaiḥ |
tulyarūpā gajāḥ petur giri-grāmbuda-veśmanām ||
য’ত বজ্ৰসম আঘাত, ৰণবায়ু আৰু দাহক অগ্নিয়ে দেহ চূৰ্ণ, নিক্ষিপ্ত আৰু দগ্ধ কৰি আছিল, তাত হাতীবোৰ ঢিপে ঢিপে পৰি গ’ল। সিহঁত পৰস্পৰ ভেদহীন—যেন পৰ্বত, গাঁও, মেঘ আৰু উচ্চ ভৱন একেলগে ধ্বংস হৈ ঢলি পৰিল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical and existential cost of war: when violence escalates, it erases individuality and dignity, reducing even powerful beings to indistinguishable casualties—an implicit warning about the dehumanizing nature of unchecked conflict.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield scene where elephants are being crushed, flung, and burned amid weapon-strokes, fierce winds, and fire; they fall in masses, appearing alike, compared to the collapse of huge structures—mountains, villages, clouds, and mansions.