Shloka 753
Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam
Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32
इस प्रकार उन निर्भीक सैनिकोंका महान् शक्तिशाली विपक्षी योद्धाओंके साथ अत्यन्त घमासान युद्ध हो रहा था, जो कच्चा मांस खानेवाले पशु-पक्षियों तथा पिशाचोंके हर्षकी वृद्धि और यमराजके राष्ट्रकी समृद्धि करनेवाला था
iti prakāraṁ teṣāṁ nirbhīkāṇāṁ sainikānāṁ mahān śaktimān vipakṣī yoddhaiḥ saha atyantaṁ ghamāsāna-yuddhaṁ pravartate sma, yat kr̥cchra-māṁsa-bhakṣīṇāṁ paśu-pakṣiṇāṁ piśācānāṁ ca harṣa-vardhanaṁ yamārāṣṭrasya ca samr̥ddhi-karaṁ babhūva
Sañjaya said: Thus there raged a tremendous, powerfully contested battle between those fearless soldiers and the mighty warriors of the opposing side—a slaughter so fierce that it heightened the delight of flesh-eating beasts and birds and of ghoulish spirits, and swelled the dominion of Yama, the Lord of Death.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames battlefield heroism within a stark ethical horizon: mass violence, however valorous, primarily feeds death. By saying the battle increases the joy of scavengers and piśācas and enriches Yama’s realm, the text highlights war’s dehumanizing aftermath and the moral gravity of slaughter.
Sañjaya describes an intensely fierce engagement in the Droṇa Parva: fearless troops clash with powerful enemy warriors in a chaotic, deadly melee. The carnage is so great that it attracts flesh-eating animals and sinister spirits, symbolically indicating that Yama’s domain grows as lives are cut down.