Shloka 91
पुरीषमसृजन् केचित् केचिन्मूत्रं प्रसुख्ुवुः । बन्धनानि च राजेन्द्र संच्छिद्य तुरगा द्विपा:
purīṣam asṛjan kecit kecin mūtraṁ prasukhruvuḥ | bandhanāni ca rājendra saṁcchidya turagā dvipāḥ ||
Sañjaya said: Some voided excrement, and some passed urine in terror. And, O king, the horses and elephants, snapping their tethers, broke loose—an image of panic and disorder as the violence of the night raid overwhelms all restraint.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how unchecked violence and terror in war degrade dignity and order: fear overwhelms the body and mind, and even disciplined war-animals break restraint—suggesting the moral and social collapse that follows adharma.
During the Sauptika episode’s night-time slaughter, panic spreads through the camp: people lose bodily control from terror, and horses and elephants snap their tethers and run loose, intensifying the chaos.