Shloka 9
अथाभवद् युद्धमतीव दारुणं पुन: कुरूणां सह पाण्डुसृञ्जयै: । शरासिशव्त्यृष्टिगदापरश्वधै- नराश्वनागासुहरं भूशाकुलम्,तदनन्तर कौरवोंका पाण्डवों तथा सूंजयोंके साथ पुनः अत्यन्त भयंकर युद्ध होने लगा। वह घमासान युद्ध बाण, खड्ग, शक्ति, ऋष्टि, गदा और फरसोंकी मारसे मनुष्यों, घोड़ों और हाथियोंके प्राण ले रहा था
athābhavad yuddham atīva dāruṇaṃ punaḥ kurūṇāṃ saha pāṇḍu-sṛñjayaiḥ | śarāsi-śakty-ṛṣṭi-gadā-paraśvadhair narāśva-nāgāsuharaṃ bhūśākulam ||
Sañjaya said: Then once again a most dreadful battle arose between the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas together with the Sṛñjayas. With arrows, swords, spears, lances, maces, and axes it became a taker of the lives of men, horses, and elephants, and the earth was thrown into turmoil. The verse underscores the moral weight of war: when hostility returns, violence rapidly expands beyond heroes to consume entire living hosts, shaking the very ground that bears them.
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