Shloka 11
वर्तमाने तथा युद्धे घोरे देवासुरोपमे
vartamāne tathā yuddhe ghore devāsuropame
Tandis que se poursuivait cette bataille effroyable—pareille au choc primordial entre les dieux et les asuras—Sañjaya campe la scène comme un conflit à l’échelle du cosmos, soulignant l’intensité terrifiante et la gravité morale de la guerre lorsqu’elle atteint de tels excès.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how war, when it becomes ghora (dreadful), takes on a near-cosmic magnitude, reminding the listener that such violence is not merely tactical but ethically weighty, shaking the very order (dharma) that society depends upon.
Sañjaya describes the battle as it is actively unfolding, characterizing it as terrifying and comparable to the legendary devas-versus-asuras conflict, thereby heightening the sense of scale and intensity in the Drona Parva war episodes.