Shloka 59
वैश्वानरं यथा प्राप्य प्रतिदहाुन्ति वै जना:
vaiśvānaraṃ yathā prāpya pratidahanti vai janāḥ
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে— “যেনেকৈ বৈশ্বানৰৰ জ্বলি থকা অগ্নিৰ সন্মুখীন হ’লে মানুহ দগ্ধ হয়, তেনেকৈ সেই দাহক শক্তিৰ সংস্পৰ্শলৈ আহিলে অনিবাৰ্য বিনাশ ঘটে।”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses the image of Vaiśvānara (all-consuming fire) to convey inevitability: approaching a destructive power without the capacity to withstand it leads to certain ruin. Ethically, it underscores the consequence of confronting overwhelming force—whether through arrogance, misjudgment, or the momentum of war.
Sañjaya describes events on the battlefield through a vivid simile: those who come near a consuming force are burned, implying that warriors who engage a particular formidable opponent or situation are being cut down as inevitably as people are scorched by fire.