Shloka 4
विद्रुतानि च सैन्यानि शरारतानि समन्ततः । इत्यासीत् तुमुल॑ युद्ध न प्राज्ायत किज्चन,उनके बाणोंसे पीड़ित होकर सारे सैनिक सब ओर भाग चले। वहाँ इस प्रकार भयंकर युद्ध हो रहा था कि किसीको कुछ भी भान नहीं हो रहा था
sañjaya uvāca | vidrutāni ca sainyāni śarārtāni samantataḥ | ity āsīt tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ na prājñāyata kiñcana ||
Sañjaya said: Struck by the arrows, the troops fled in all directions. Such was the tumult of that dreadful battle that nothing could be clearly discerned by anyone—confusion and panic overwhelmed all sense and judgment amid the violence.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how violence and panic in war can eclipse discernment: when minds are overwhelmed by fear and injury, clarity and moral judgment collapse. It implicitly warns that the conditions of battle breed confusion and suffering, not steady insight.
Sañjaya reports that soldiers, pained by volleys of arrows, are scattering in every direction. The fighting has become so uproarious and dreadful that no one can properly perceive what is happening around them.