Shloka 68
शल्यस्य पाण्डवसेनापीडनम् — Śalya’s Assault on the Pāṇḍava Host
with Omens and Bhīma’s Counter
व्याकुले समपद्येतां वर्षासु सरिताविव । जैसे वर्षाकालमें दो नदियाँ एक-दूसरीके जलसे भरकर व्याकुल-सी हो उठती हैं, उसी प्रकार आपसकी मार खाती हुई वे दोनों सेनाएँ अत्यन्त संतप्त हो उठीं ।। ६७ ई ।। आविवेश ततस्तीव्रं तावकानां महद् भयम् । पाण्डवानां च राजेन्द्र तथाभूते महाहवे,राजेन्द्र! उस अवस्थामें उस महासमरमें खड़े हुए आपके और पाण्डवयोद्धाओंके मनमें भी दु:ःसह एवं भारी भय समा गया
vyākule samapadyetāṁ varṣāsu saritāv iva | āviveśa tatas tīvraṁ tāvakānāṁ mahad bhayam | pāṇḍavānāṁ ca rājendra tathābhūte mahāhave ||
Sañjaya said: Like two rivers in the rainy season, swollen by each other’s waters and churning in turbulence, the two armies, striking one another, became intensely distressed. Then, O king, in that great battle, a fierce and overwhelming fear entered both your warriors and the Pāṇḍavas as the fight took that dreadful form—showing how war’s momentum can engulf all sides in the same terror and suffering.
संजय उवाच