Shloka 39
नारायणास्त्र-शमनं द्रौणि-प्रहारश्च
Pacification of the Nārāyaṇāstra and Drauni’s Renewed Assault
तथा गजानू प्रभिन्नांश्व॒ सम्प्रभिन्ना महागजा:
tathā gajānu prabhinnāṁśva samprabhinnā mahāgajāḥ
Sañjaya sprach: „Ebenso waren die großen Elefanten in vollem Musth—bei manchen strömte es an den Schläfen—und sie stürmten und drängten sich mitten in das Getöse der Schlacht.“
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than didactic: it underscores how war unleashes uncontrollable forces—symbolized by musth elephants—suggesting the ethical danger of violence once it escalates beyond restraint.
Sañjaya reports the battlefield scene: mighty elephants, inflamed in musth with streaming temples, are charging and surging, intensifying the chaos and ferocity of the fighting.