Shloka 753
Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam
Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32
इस प्रकार उन निर्भीक सैनिकोंका महान् शक्तिशाली विपक्षी योद्धाओंके साथ अत्यन्त घमासान युद्ध हो रहा था, जो कच्चा मांस खानेवाले पशु-पक्षियों तथा पिशाचोंके हर्षकी वृद्धि और यमराजके राष्ट्रकी समृद्धि करनेवाला था
iti prakāraṁ teṣāṁ nirbhīkāṇāṁ sainikānāṁ mahān śaktimān vipakṣī yoddhaiḥ saha atyantaṁ ghamāsāna-yuddhaṁ pravartate sma, yat kr̥cchra-māṁsa-bhakṣīṇāṁ paśu-pakṣiṇāṁ piśācānāṁ ca harṣa-vardhanaṁ yamārāṣṭrasya ca samr̥ddhi-karaṁ babhūva
Sañjaya said: Thus there raged a tremendous, powerfully contested battle between those fearless soldiers and the mighty warriors of the opposing side—a slaughter so fierce that it heightened the delight of flesh-eating beasts and birds and of ghoulish spirits, and swelled the dominion of Yama, the Lord of Death. The narration underscores war’s grim moral cost: even valor, when poured into mass killing, becomes nourishment for death and the dark forces that thrive on carnage.
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