Shloka 30
अध्याय १४८ — कर्णप्रभावः, धृष्टद्युम्नस्य विरथता, तथा घटोत्कच-आह्वानम्
Chapter 148: Karṇa’s Pressure, Dhṛṣṭadyumna Unhorsed, and the Summoning of Ghaṭotkaca
स्वर्णचित्रतनुत्रैश्न भाण्डैश्न गजवाजिनाम् | किरीटशतसंकीर्णा तत्र तत्र समाचिता
svarṇacitratanūtraiś ca bhāṇḍaiś ca gajavājinām | kirīṭaśatasaṅkīrṇā tatra tatra samācitā ||
Sañjaya said: “There, in many places, the field was heaped with gold-ornamented coats of mail and with the trappings of elephants and horses; it was strewn everywhere with hundreds of fallen helmets.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the stark aftermath of war: even splendid, gold-adorned martial gear becomes mere debris on the battlefield. It implicitly points to the impermanence of worldly glory and the heavy cost that accompanies kṣatriya warfare.
Sañjaya is reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the दृश्य (scene) of the battlefield—armor, animal trappings, and numerous helmets lying scattered and piled in various places—conveying the scale of destruction and the fall of many warriors.