Shloka 283
दहन्तौ च शरोलकाभिर्दष्प्रेक्ष्या च बभूवतु: । वे सायकोंका संधान करके एक-दूसरेके अंगोंको छेदते और बाणमयी उल्काओंसे दग्ध करते थे। उससे उन दोनोंकी ओर देखना अत्यन्त कठिन हो रहा था
dahantau ca śarolkābhir duṣprekṣyā ca babhūvatuḥ |
Sañjaya berkata: Sambil membakar satu sama lain dengan panah-panah laksana meteor berapi, kedua kesatria itu menjadi nyaris tak tertatap. Dengan membidik dan memasang anak panah, mereka menembus anggota tubuh lawan; nyala poros-poros berapi itu membuat pemandangan mengerikan dan sukar dipandang.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the consuming nature of warfare: when combat reaches a peak of rage and prowess, it becomes ‘duṣprekṣya’—morally and sensorially unbearable. It implicitly warns that even valor, when fused with destructive intensity, produces a spectacle of suffering rather than righteousness.
Sañjaya describes two opposing fighters exchanging volleys of arrows that blaze like meteors. They are striking each other’s bodies repeatedly, and the fiery brilliance and violence of the encounter makes it extremely difficult for onlookers to gaze at them.