Shloka 13
त्रीणि सादिसहस््राणि दुर्योधनपुरोगमा: । शककाम्बोजबाह्लीका यवना: पारदास्तथा
trīṇi sādisahasrāṇi duryodhanapurogamāḥ | śakakāmbojabāhlīkā yavanāḥ pāradās tathā, abhyadravanta śaineyaṃ śalabhāḥ pāvakaṃ yathā |
サンジャヤは言った。「ドゥルヨーダナを先頭に、三千の兵が、さらにシャカ、カーンボージャ、バーリカ、ヤヴァナ、パーラダらとともに、シャイネーヤ（サーティヤキ）へと突進した。怒りに駆られた彼らは、燃えさかる火に飛び込む蛾の群れのように押し寄せた。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger and group-impulse can drive warriors into self-destructive action: like moths drawn to flame, they rush toward danger without discernment. It implicitly contrasts dharmic prudence and self-control with reckless fury in war.
Sañjaya reports that a force of three thousand, led by Duryodhana and including several frontier peoples (Śakas, Kāmbojas, Bāhlīkas, Yavanas, Pāradas), charges at Śaineya (Sātyaki), surging upon him with the heedless intensity of moths flying into fire.