Shloka 29
Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 20 — Yudhiṣṭhira–Duryodhana Encounter and Escalation of Arms
ततो निजषघ्नुरन्योन्यं पेतुश्वान्योन्यताडिता: । वमन्तो रुधिरं गान्रैविमस्तिष्केक्षणायुधा:
tato nijaṣaghnur anyonyaṁ petuś cānyonya-tāḍitāḥ | vamanto rudhiraṁ gātrair vimastiṣkekṣaṇāyudhāḥ ||
তাৰ পিছত তেওঁলোকে পৰস্পৰক আঘাত কৰি নিধন কৰিবলৈ ধৰিলে; একে-অন্যৰ প্ৰহাৰত আঘাতপ্ৰাপ্ত হৈ মাটিত লুটাই পৰিল। ৰক্ত বমি কৰি, অঙ্গভঙ্গ হৈ, অস্ত্ৰাঘাতে মস্তক আৰু চকু বিদীর্ণ হৈ তেওঁলোকে ৰণভূমিত পতিত হ’ল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the ethical devastation of war: when rage and rivalry dominate, even one’s own side becomes indistinguishable from the enemy, leading to mutual destruction and the collapse of humane restraint (dharma) amid violence.
Sañjaya describes a brutal phase of the battle where fighters, striking and being struck by one another, fall in heaps—bleeding, vomiting blood, and grievously mutilated by weapons.