Shloka 28
ततो5भवद् युद्धमतीव दारुणं तवाहितानां तव सैनिकै: सह । रथाश्वमातड्रविनाशनं तथा यथा सुराणामसुरै: पुराभवत्
tato ’bhavad yuddham atīva dāruṇaṃ tavāhitānāṃ tava sainikaiḥ saha | rathāśvamātaṅga-vināśanaṃ tathā yathā surāṇām asuraiḥ purābhavat ||
इसके बाद आपके शत्रुओं का आपके सैनिकों के साथ अत्यन्त दारुण युद्ध होने लगा, जो रथों, घोड़ों और हाथियों का विनाश करने वाला था। वह युद्ध प्राचीन काल के देवासुर-संग्राम के समान प्रतीत होता था।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how unchecked hostility can magnify conflict into overwhelming destruction; by likening the human battle to the devas–asuras war, it warns that when rivalry dominates, ethical restraint and proportion are easily lost.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that a fiercely destructive engagement has erupted between the Kaurava troops and their opponents, devastating chariots, horses, and elephants, and seeming like the legendary primordial clash between gods and asuras.