Shloka 15
अध्याय ९१ — शैनेयस्य गजानीकभेदनं जलसंधवधश्च
Chapter 91: Sātyaki breaks the elephant array and slays Jalasaṃdha
अन्योन्यमपि चाजघ्नुरात्मानमपि चापरे । पार्थभूतममन्यन्त जगत् कालेन मोहिता:
anyonyam api cājaghnur ātmānam api cāpare | pārthabhūtam amanyanta jagat kālena mohitāḥ ||
Sañjaya dit : Aveuglés par la puissance écrasante du Temps, ils s’abattaient les uns les autres—et certains allaient jusqu’à se détruire eux-mêmes. Dans cette confusion, ils en vinrent à croire que le monde entier était devenu un champ de bataille, comme si toute l’existence s’était changée en rangs hostiles.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
When minds are overwhelmed by moha and the pressure of kāla, ethical discernment collapses: violence turns indiscriminate, even self-destructive, and the world itself is perceived as an enemy field.
Sanjaya describes the battlefield’s frenzy: combatants, confused by the momentum of war and fate, kill each other relentlessly, and some even bring about their own destruction, seeing everything around them as part of the hostile battle.