Shloka 206
भीमसेनस्य प्रतिघातः—भगदत्तगजप्रहारः—घटोत्कचमायायुद्धम्
Bhīma’s Counteroffensive, Bhagadatta’s Elephant Assault, and Ghaṭotkaca’s Māyā Engagement
सम्पतन्तो व्यदृश्यन्त निध्नन्तस्ते परस्परम् | प्रजानाथ! जहाँ-तहाँ सब ओर घोड़ों और रथोंके समुदाय एक-दूसरेपर टूटते और प्रहार करते दिखायी दे रहे थे
sampatanto vyadṛśyanta nidhnaṃtas te parasparam | prajānātha! jahāṃ-tahāṃ sarva-ora ghoḍoṃ aura rathoṃ ke samudāya eka-dūsare par ṭūṭate aura prahāra karate dikhāī de rahe the |
Sañjaya said: “O lord of men, everywhere on the field the masses of horses and chariots could be seen rushing together, crashing into one another and striking each other down.” The scene reveals the impersonal momentum of war—armies driven by duty and command, yet bringing mutual destruction on every side.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the grim reciprocity of warfare: when armies collide, harm becomes mutual and widespread. It implicitly cautions that even when war is undertaken under kṣatriya-duty, its ethical cost is collective suffering and destruction.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that across the battlefield, groups of chariots and horses are charging into each other and striking one another down, indicating an intense, chaotic phase of the fighting.