Shloka 28
दहामाना महानागा: पेतुरुर्व्या समनन््ततः । नदन्तो भैरवान् नादाज्जलदोपमनि:स्वनान्,विशालकाय गजराज दग्ध हो-होकर मेघकी गर्जनाके समान भयंकर चीत्कार करते हुए सब ओर धराशायी होने लगे
sañjaya uvāca | dahāmānā mahānāgāḥ petur urvyā samantataḥ | nadanto bhairavān nādān jaladopama-niḥsvanān |
Sañjaya sprach: Während sie versengt wurden, stürzten die großen Elefanten ringsum zu Boden, brüllten furchtbare Schreie—Laute wie Donnerwolken—während ihre massigen Leiber mitten im Gemetzel des Krieges brannten.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the catastrophic cost of war: even the mightiest beings (war-elephants) are reduced to suffering and death. It implicitly warns that power and grandeur are impermanent, and that violence—though pursued under claims of duty—inevitably produces widespread anguish.
Sañjaya describes a battlefield scene where great elephants, set ablaze (likely by fiery weapons or burning missiles), collapse in all directions while emitting terrifying, thundercloud-like roars.