Shloka 83
Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)
यादृशं तत्र पार्थस्य तावका: सम्प्रचक्रिरे राजन! वहाँ आपके योद्धाओंने अर्जुनकी जैसी अवस्था कर दी थी, वैसी पहले कभी न तो देखी गयी और न सुनी ही गयी थी
yādṛśaṁ tatra pārthasya tāvakāḥ sampracakrire rājan, tathā pūrvaṁ kadācid api na dṛṣṭaṁ na śrutaṁ ca
Sañjaya sprach: O König, der Zustand, in den deine Krieger Pārtha (Arjuna) auf jenem Schlachtfeld versetzten, war von solcher Art, dass man dergleichen zuvor weder gesehen noch auch nur gehört hatte.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes how warfare can reach unprecedented extremes, serving as a moral warning: when conflict escalates, suffering and degradation can surpass what society has previously witnessed or even imagined.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Kaurava warriors inflicted an extraordinary, previously unheard-of condition upon Arjuna in the course of the battle, stressing the intensity and severity of the moment.