Shloka 17
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Anxiety and Bhīṣma’s Theological Explanation of Pāṇḍava Invincibility
Book 6, Chapter 61
पत्तिसड्घा रणे पत्तीन् भिन्दिपालपरश्वधथैः । न्यपातयन्त संहृष्टा: परस्परकृतागस:,हर्ष और उल्लासमें भरकर एक-दूसरेका अपराध करनेवाले पैदलसमूह विपक्षके पैदल सैनिकोंको भिन्दिपाल और फरसोंसे मार-मारकर रणभूमिमें गिरा रहे थे
sañjaya uvāca | pattisaṅghā raṇe pattīn bhindipāla-paraśvadhaiḥ | nyapātayanta saṁhṛṣṭāḥ paraspara-kṛtāgasaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: In the battle, bands of foot-soldiers—exultant and inflamed—struck down the opposing infantry, felling them on the field with bhindipālas (javelins) and paraśvadhās (battle-axes). In their mutual hostility, each side treated the other as an offender, and the clash of wrongdoing fed the frenzy of war.
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