Shloka 553
दृष्टवन्त: सम समरे शरौघैरभिसंवृतम् । समरांगणमें बाणोंके समूहसे घिरे हुए घटोत्कचको, उसके घोड़ोंको, रथको तथा ध्वजको भी कोई नहीं देख पाते थे
dṛṣṭavantaḥ sama samare śaraughair abhisamvṛtam | samarāṅgaṇe bāṇānāṃ samūhena ghire hue ghaṭotkacaṃ, tasya aśvān, rathaṃ tathā dhvajaṃ ca api ko'pi na paśyati sma |
Sañjaya dit : Dans cette bataille âpre et égale, Ghaṭotkaca fut si complètement enveloppé par des torrents de flèches que nul ne pouvait le discerner clairement —à plus forte raison ses chevaux, son char ou son étendard— au milieu de l’épaisse nuée de traits.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how the extremity of violence can eclipse clarity and recognition: when conflict becomes all-consuming, even the ordinary markers of identity and order (warrior, horses, chariot, banner) are swallowed by chaos. Ethically, it cautions that war’s intensity can overwhelm discernment and humane restraint.
Sañjaya describes Ghaṭotkaca in the thick of combat, so densely showered and encircled by arrows that observers cannot distinguish him or even his chariot’s components—horses, chariot, and banner—within the mass of missiles.