Shloka 18
द्रोणपर्व — द्विनवति-तमोऽध्यायः
Sātyaki Pressed by Kauravas; Duryodhana and Kṛtavarmā Engagements
गाण्डीव धनुषद्वारा चलाये हुए लाखों तीखे बाण युद्ध-स्थलमें खड़े हुए उन हाथियोंके सम्पूर्ण अंगोंमें बिंध गये थे ।। आरावं परम॑ कृत्वा वध्यमाना: किरीटिना । निपेतुरनिशं भूमौ छिन्नपक्षा इवाद्रय:,अर्जुनके बाणोंकी मार खाकर बड़े चोरसे चीत्कार करके वे हाथी पंख कटे हुए पर्वतोंके समान पृथ्वीपर निरन्तर गिर रहे थे
ārāvaṁ paramaṁ kṛtvā vadhyamānāḥ kirīṭinā | nipetur aniśaṁ bhūmau chinnapakṣā ivādrayaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Struck down by the Diademed one (Arjuna), the elephants, crying out with a terrible roar as they were being slain, kept collapsing again and again upon the earth—like mountains whose wings have been cut. The scene underscores the relentless force of Arjuna’s bowmanship in the moral darkness of war, where even mighty war-beasts are reduced to helpless ruin.
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