Shloka 35
भीमसेनस्य कौरवसुतवधः तथा श्रुतर्वावधः
Slaying of Kaurava princes and the fall of Śrutarvā
प्रभिन्नकुम्भांस्तु बहून् द्रवरमाणानितस्तत: । पतमानांश्व सम्प्रेक्ष्य वित्रेसुस्तव सैनिका:,कुम्भस्थल फट जानेके कारण इधर-उधर भागते और गिरते हुए बहुत-से हाथियोंको देखकर आपके सैनिक संत्रस्त हो उठे
sañjaya uvāca |
prabhinnakumbhāṁs tu bahūn dravamāṇān itas tataḥ |
patamānāṁś ca samprekṣya vitresus tava sainikāḥ ||
সঞ্জয় বললেন—কুম্ভস্থল বিদীর্ণ বহু গজকে এদিক-ওদিক ছুটে বেড়াতে এবং দৌড়াতে দৌড়াতে লুটিয়ে পড়তে দেখে আপনার সৈন্যরা ভয়ে সন্ত্রস্ত হয়ে উঠল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how quickly morale collapses when violence produces uncontrollable chaos: even powerful war-assets like elephants can become a source of fear, and panic spreads through troops when order and confidence break.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that many elephants, their temples split (from musth or injury), are running in all directions and falling; witnessing this, the Kaurava soldiers become terrified.