Shloka 7
छत्राणि वालव्यजनानि केतू- नश्वान् रथान् पत्तिगणान डिपांश्व । ते पेतुरुव्या बहुधा विरूपा वातप्रणुन्नानि यथा वनानि
chatrāṇi vāla-vyajanāni ketūn aśvān rathān patti-gaṇān dvipāṁś ca | te petur urvyā bahudhā virūpā vāta-praṇunnāni yathā vanāni ||
Sañjaya dijo: Sombrillas, abanicos de cola de yak, estandartes, caballos, carros, compañías de infantería e incluso elefantes cayeron a la tierra, hechos añicos en muchos pedazos y tornados grotescos, como bosques derribados y arrastrados por un viento violento.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the fragility of worldly status and martial display: symbols of power (parasols, fans, banners) and the machinery of war (horses, chariots, troops, elephants) can be reduced to fragments in an instant. It implicitly warns that violence, once set in motion, consumes both pride and possessions, leaving only ruin.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield aftermath of a devastating assault: ceremonial emblems and military forces collapse to the ground in broken pieces. The simile compares their fall to forests uprooted and scattered by a storm-wind, intensifying the sense of overwhelming force and chaos.