Shloka 107
Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout
विस्नस्तयन्त्रकवचान् मुक्तकेशान् कृताञज्जलीन्
visrastayantrakavacān muktakeśān kṛtāñjalīn
Sañjaya dit : « (On les voyait) les armes et les cuirasses desserrées et en désordre, les cheveux dénoués, les mains jointes en supplication » — tableau d’une défaite et d’une impuissance absolues.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how quickly the symbols of power—weapons and armour—can become meaningless when fear and moral disintegration overtake warriors; it foregrounds the ethical tension of war, where the defeated may be reduced to pleading, raising questions about mercy, restraint, and dharma.
Sañjaya describes people (implied groups of warriors or survivors) in a state of panic and vulnerability: their battle-gear is loosened, their hair is dishevelled, and they stand with folded hands, indicating surrender or desperate appeal in the grim events of the Sauptika episode.