Shloka 32
ते भिन्नदेहा व्यसवो निपेतु: कर्णेषुभिर्भूमितले स्वनन्त: । क्रुद्धेन सिंहेन यथेभयूथा महावने भीमबलेन तद्वत्
te bhinnadehā vyasavo nipetuḥ karṇeṣubhir bhūmitalē svanantaḥ | kruddhena siṁhena yathebhayūthā mahāvane bhīmabalenā tadvāt ||
Sañjaya sprach: Ihre Leiber, zerschmettert, und der Lebenshauch erloschen, fielen sie zu Boden; ihre Ohrschmuckstücke klirrten, als sie die Erde trafen—wie Elefantenherden in einem weiten Wald, die ein erzürnter Löwe von schrecklicher Kraft niederstreckt.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the fragility of embodied life amid war: even the mighty fall when confronted by superior force. Ethically, it functions as a sobering reflection on the consequences of violence—glory and ornamentation become meaningless when life is extinguished.
Sañjaya describes warriors collapsing dead on the battlefield, their earrings clinking as they hit the ground. He intensifies the scene with a simile: like elephant herds felled in a great forest by an enraged, powerful lion.