Shloka 66
Chapter 23: Śakuni Reports, Kaurava Advance, and Arjuna’s Penetration of the Host
तत् पुनस्तुमुलं युद्ध प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वाभ्यवर्तत
tat punas tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ prāṇāṃs tyaktvābhyavartata
Sañjaya dit : Alors, une fois encore, la bataille enfla en un tumulte effroyable, et les guerriers—comme s’ils avaient rejeté tout souci de leur propre vie—se ruèrent de nouveau dans la mêlée.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war can drive people to abandon even the instinct to preserve life, revealing the ethical cost of conflict: when anger, rivalry, or misconstrued duty dominates, life becomes secondary and suffering multiplies.
Sañjaya reports that the fighting, after a brief shift or pause implied by the context, flares up again into a chaotic, roaring clash, with combatants charging back into battle as if their lives no longer matter.