Shloka 125
हाहाकृतमभूत् सर्व स्थावरं जड़म॑ तथा | चराचरस्य गोप्तारौ दृष्टवा संछादितौ शरै:,चराचर जगत्की रक्षा करनेवाले उन दोनों वीरोंको बाणोंसे आच्छादित हुआ देख स्थावर-जंगम समस्त प्राणी हाहाकार कर उठे
hāhākṛtam abhūt sarvaṃ sthāvaraṃ jaḍaṃ tathā | carācarasya goptārau dṛṣṭvā saṃchāditau śaraiḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Seeing those two heroes—guardians of the moving and the unmoving world—covered over with arrows, all beings, both stationary and moving, were struck with alarm and raised a great cry of distress. The scene signals how the fall or wounding of righteous protectors in war is felt as a moral shock to the whole order of life.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
When those who function as ‘protectors’ of society and order are grievously struck, the harm is not merely personal—it reverberates through the whole world of beings. The verse frames battlefield injury as a disturbance of dharmic stability, eliciting collective moral anguish.
Sañjaya describes a moment on the battlefield where two great warriors—portrayed as guardians of the world—are seen covered with arrows. This sight causes universal panic and lamentation among all creatures, both stationary and moving.