Shloka 147
वासवी-शक्तेः प्रयोगः, घटोत्कच-वधोत्तर-शोकः, व्यासोपदेशश्च
The Vāsavī Spear’s Use, Post-Ghaṭotkaca Grief, and Vyāsa’s Counsel
तद्बाणैरर्दितं यूथं रक्षसां पीनवक्षसाम् । सिंहैरिव बभौ मत्तं गजानामाकुलं कुलम्,उन बाणोंसे चौड़ी छातीवाले राक्षसोंका समूह अत्यन्त पीड़ित हो सिंहोंद्वारा व्याकुल किये गये मतवाले हाथियोंके झुंडके समान प्रतीत होने लगा
tad-bāṇair arditaṃ yūthaṃ rakṣasāṃ pīna-vakṣasām | siṃhair iva babhau mattaṃ gajānām ākulaṃ kulam ||
サञ्जयは語った。あの矢に射られ苦しめられた、胸広き羅刹の一隊は、獅子にかき乱されて混乱する酔象の群れのように見えた――力はなお顕れていたが、戦の圧に隊列は崩れた。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how even formidable strength becomes ineffective when discipline and cohesion collapse; in war, panic and disorder can undo power, reminding readers that force without steadiness and right control quickly turns into suffering.
Sañjaya describes a band of stout Rākṣasa fighters being severely harried by a shower of arrows; their formation breaks and they look like rut-maddened elephants scattered and distressed when lions attack.