Shloka 141
अयुतानि च तत्रासन् प्रयुतान्यर्बुदानि च । रक्षसां घोररूपाणां महतां क्रूरकर्मणाम्,वहाँ उस महान् जनसंहारमें तृप्त और आनन्दित हुए क्रूर कर्म करनेवाले घोर रूपधारी महाकाय राक्षसोंके कई दल थे। किसी दलमें दस हजार, किसीमें एक लाख और किसीमें एक अर्बुद (दस लाख) राक्षस थे। नरेश्वर! वहाँ और भी बहुत-से मांसभक्षी प्राणी एकत्र हो गये थे
ayutāni ca tatrāsan prayutāny arbudāni ca | rakṣasāṃ ghorarūpāṇāṃ mahatāṃ krūrakarmaṇām ||
Sañjaya said: There, in that vast slaughter, there were hosts of fearsome, monstrous Rākṣasas—huge in form and ruthless in deed—numbering in tens of thousands, in hundreds of thousands, and even in arbuda-sized multitudes. Sated and exultant amid the carnage, they gathered together, along with many other flesh-eating beings, drawn to the scene of destruction.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral gravity of war’s aftermath: when slaughter becomes excessive, it attracts and empowers forces symbolizing cruelty and predation. It functions as an ethical warning—violence does not remain contained but invites further degradation and inhumanity.
Sañjaya describes the scene following the night of massacre: terrifying Rākṣasas and other flesh-eating beings assemble in enormous numbers, delighted and satiated by the carnage, emphasizing the horror and scale of the destruction.