Shloka 36
शल्यवधे कौरवसेनाभङ्गः, भीमस्य गदायुद्धं, दुर्योधनस्य समाह्वानम्
Rout after Śalya’s fall; Bhīma’s mace engagement; Duryodhana’s rally
जहाँ-तहाँ जोतोंसे जुड़े हुए घोड़े और नरश्रेष्ठ रथी गिरते दिखायी दे रहे थे, मानो सिद्ध (पुण्यात्मा) पुरुष पुण्यक्षय होनेपर आकाशसे पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़े हों ।। निहतेषु च शूरेषु मद्रराजानुगेषु वै अस्मानापततकश्चापि दृष्टवा पार्था महारथा:,मद्रराजके उन शूरवीर सैनिकोंके मारे जानेपर हमें आक्रमण करते देख विजयकी अभिलाषा रखनेवाले महारथी पाण्डवयोद्धा शंखध्वनिके साथ बाणोंकी सनसनाहट फैलाते हुए हमारा सामना करनेके लिये बड़े वेगसे आये
sañjaya uvāca | yatra-tatra jyotobhiḥ saṃyuktā aśvāś ca narottamā rathinaś ca patitā dṛśyante sma, yathā puṇyakṣaye siddhāḥ puruṣā ākāśāt pṛthivīṃ patanti || nihateṣu ca śūreṣu madrarājānugeṣu vai asmān āpatataś cāpi dṛṣṭvā pārthā mahārathāḥ, jayābhilāṣiṇaḥ śaṅkhanādena bāṇānāṃ śabdaṃ vitanvantaḥ pratyudyayur mahāvegāḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Here and there were seen horses still harnessed to their trappings and foremost chariot-warriors fallen—like meritorious perfected beings who, when their store of merit is exhausted, drop from the sky to the earth. And when the brave followers of the king of Madra had been slain, the great chariot-fighters among the sons of Pāṇḍu, seeing us advancing, came swiftly to meet us—eager for victory, raising the blare of conches and spreading the whirring roar of their arrows.
संजय उवाच