Shloka 33
धृतराष्ट्र-संजय-संवादः — सैन्यप्रशंसा, भेदनवृत्तान्त-प्रश्नः
Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Sañjaya Dialogue: Praise of the Host and Inquiry after the Breach
सशैलसागरवनां नानाजनपदाकुलाम् । ग्रसेद् व्यूह: क्षितिं सर्वामिति भूतानि मेनिरे,उस समय समस्त प्राणी ऐसा मानने लगे कि वह व्यूह पर्वत, समुद्र और काननोंसहित अनेकानेक जनपदोंसे भरी हुई इस सारी पृथ्वीको अपना ग्रास बना लेगा
saśailasāgaravanāṃ nānājanapadākulām | grased vyūhaḥ kṣitiṃ sarvām iti bhūtāni menire ||
Sanjaya said: At that moment all beings came to believe that the battle-formation would swallow up the entire earth—crowded with many kingdoms and peoples, together with its mountains, oceans, and forests—as though it were its very prey. The image conveys the terrifying, all-consuming scale of the war-machine, before which ordinary life and the natural world seem powerless.
संजय उवाच