Shloka 47
कर्णस्य दानप्रतिज्ञा–शल्योपदेश–वाक्ययुद्धम्
Karna’s Gift-Vows, Shalya’s Counsel, and the Battle of Words
हयैश्न पतितैस्तत्र नरैश्न विनिपातितै: । अगम्यरूपा पृथिवी क्षणेन समपद्यत
hayaiś ca patitais tatra naraiś ca vinipātitaiḥ | agamyārūpā pṛthivī kṣaṇena samapadyata rājendra ||
Sañjaya dit : «Ô roi, là, la terre, jonchée de chevaux tombés et d’hommes abattus et projetés au sol, devint en un instant si encombrée et si terrible d’aspect qu’il était presque impossible de la traverser.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the immediate, overwhelming consequences of war: life is reduced to bodies and wreckage, and the very earth becomes obstructed. It implicitly warns of the moral and human cost of violence—how quickly conflict turns a field into an impassable landscape of suffering.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the battlefield has become choked with fallen horses and slain warriors, making the ground difficult to traverse. It is a vivid situational update emphasizing the intensity and carnage of the fighting in the Karṇa Parva.