Shloka 126
Daiva–Puruṣakāra Discourse and the Elephant-Corps Engagement (भीमगजानीक-सम्भ्रान्ति)
महीं चक्रुश्चितां सर्वां शशलोहितसंनि भाम् । राजन्! उस समय सब योद्धाओंने छिन्न-भिन्न होकर परस्पर एक-दूसरेको खींचते हुए वहाँकी सारी भूमिको अपनी रक्तरंजित लाशोंसे पाट दिया। वह भूमि खरगोशके रक्तकी भाँति लाल दिखायी देने लगी
sañjaya uvāca |
mahīṁ cakruś citāṁ sarvāṁ śaśalohitasaṁnibhām |
Wahai Raja, pada saat itu para kesatria tercerai-berai dan terpotong-potong; sambil saling menyeret dalam pergumulan, mereka menutupi seluruh tanah dengan jasad-jasad berlumur darah. Bumi tampak merah, laksana darah kelinci hutan.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as a moral mirror: war, once unleashed, reduces the living and the dying alike to instruments of hatred, turning the very earth into a ‘pyre.’ It highlights the ethical cost of adharma—how rage and rivalry erase compassion and leave only suffering and ruin.
Sañjaya reports to the king that the battle has become so brutal that fallen and mutilated warriors still grapple and drag one another; the ground is covered with bloodied bodies, and the battlefield appears intensely red—likened to the redness of a hare’s blood.