Shloka 7
क्रूरमायोधनं जज्ञे तस्मिन् राजसमागमे । रुद्रस्येव हि क्रुद्धस्य निघ्नतस्तान् पशून् पुरा,राजाओंमें वह संघर्ष छिड़ जानेपर उस युद्ध-स्थलमें क्रूरताका ताण्डव होने लगा। जैसे पूर्व (प्रलय) कालमें क्रोधमें भरे हुए रुद्रदेवके द्वारा पशुओं (प्राणियों)-का संहार होते समय निर्दयताका दृश्य उपस्थित हुआ था
krūram āyodhanaṃ jajñe tasmin rājasamāgame | rudrasyeva hi kruddhasya nighnatastān paśūn purā ||
Sañjaya said: When the kings had converged and the clash erupted, that battlefield became a scene of ruthless combat. It appeared like the ancient devastation wrought when the wrathful Rudra, in fury, struck down living beings—an image of pitiless slaughter overwhelming all restraint.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war, once unleashed among rulers, can eclipse dharma and humane restraint, resembling cosmic destruction; it implicitly warns that anger and power, when unchecked, turn righteous aims into indiscriminate slaughter.
Sañjaya describes the battle intensifying as the kings’ forces collide; the fighting becomes so merciless that he likens it to Rudra’s wrathful annihilation of beings in an ancient cataclysm.