Shloka 14
कुलिन्दास्तड्भणाम्बष्ठा: पैशाचाश्न सबर्बरा: । पर्वतीयाश्न राजेन्द्र क़ुद्धा: पाषाणपाणय:
sañjaya uvāca |
kulindās taṅgaṇā ambaṣṭhāḥ paiśācāś ca barbarāḥ |
parvatīyāś ca rājendra kruddhāḥ pāṣāṇapāṇayaḥ |
abhyadravan śaineyaṃ śalabhāḥ pāvakaṃ yathā ||
Sañjaya dijo: «Oh rey, los Kulindas, los Taṅgaṇas, los Ambaṣṭhas, los Paiśācas, los bárbaros y las tribus de las montañas—enfurecidos y con piedras en las manos—se abalanzaron sobre Śaineya (Sātyaki), como polillas que se arrojan a un fuego abrasador».
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger and blind aggression can drive people into self-destructive action—like moths rushing into fire—suggesting an ethical warning against wrathful, unreflective violence in war.
Sañjaya reports to the king that various tribes and mountain fighters, enraged and even wielding stones, charge together at Śaineya (Sātyaki), compared poetically to moths darting into flames.