Shloka 32
परिधघैश्न गदाभिश्न प्रासमुद्गरपट्टिशै:
paridhaghaiś ca gadābhiś ca prāsamudgarapaṭṭiśaiḥ
Sañjaya dit : «Ils poursuivirent le combat, frappant de lourdes massues et de gourdins de fer, de lances, de marteaux de guerre et de haches de bataille acérées — chaque arme choisie pour briser la force de l’autre dans l’étreinte impitoyable de la guerre.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than doctrinal: it underscores the grim reality of war, where skill and duty (kṣatriya-dharma) are expressed through increasingly forceful means. Ethically, it invites reflection on how conflict escalates and how the battlefield reduces human encounter to instruments of harm.
Sañjaya continues his report of the Kurukṣetra fighting, describing combatants striking one another with a range of heavy weapons—clubs, maces, spears, war-hammers, and axes—conveying the intensity and close-quarters brutality of the engagement.