Shloka 433
अगम्यरूपा पृथिवी मांसशोणितकर्दमा | भारत! वहाँ कर्णद्वारा मारे गये हाथियों और घोड़ोंकी लाशोंसे पृथ्वीपर चलना असम्भव हो गया। रक्त और मांसकी कीच जम गयी
agamyarūpā pṛthivī māṃsaśoṇitakardamā | bhārata! tatra karṇadvārā māritaiḥ hastibhiś ca aśvaiś ca śavasaṃghaiḥ pṛthivyāṃ gamanaṃ aśakyaṃ babhūva | rakta-māṃsayoḥ kardamaḥ sañjajñe |
Sañjaya dijo: Oh Bhárata, la tierra allí se volvió intransitable, irreconocible en su misma faz, convertida en un lodazal de carne y sangre. Con montones de cadáveres de elefantes y caballos abatidos por Karna, ya no era posible avanzar por el suelo; se había formado un fango de sangre y carne.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the catastrophic human and animal cost of war: when violence dominates, the very earth becomes ‘impassable’—a moral and physical image of how adharma degrades the world and obstructs right living.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that Karna’s onslaught has produced such massive slaughter of elephants and horses that the battlefield ground is clogged with carcasses and has turned into a mire of blood and flesh, making movement impossible.