Shloka 47
Adhyāya 16: Saṃśaptaka-vrata and the Diversion of Arjuna (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय १६)
न दिशो नान्तरिक्ष॑ च न द्यौर्नैव च मेदिनी । अदृश्यन्त महाराज बाणभूता इवाभवन्,महाराज! न दिशाएँ, न अन्तरिक्ष, न आकाश और न पृथिवी ही दिखायी देती थी। सम्पूर्ण दिशाएँ बाणमय हो रही थीं
na diśo nāntarikṣaṃ ca na dyaur naiva ca medinī | adṛśyanta mahārāja bāṇabhūtā ivābhavan ||
サンジャヤは言った。大王よ、方角も、中空も、天も、さらには大地さえも見えなかった。あらゆる四方が矢と化したかのように、飛び交う武器が戦場を埋め尽くしていたのである。この光景は、戦の道徳的恐怖が極まるさまを告げる。武器が知覚そのものを支配するとき、分別と人間的な抑制は掻き消され、世界は害をなす道具へと縮減されたかのように映る。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how unchecked violence overwhelms perception and judgment: when the battlefield is saturated with weapons, the very world (directions, sky, earth) seems to vanish, suggesting the ethical cost of war—loss of clarity, restraint, and humane orientation.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the fighting has become so intense and the air so filled with arrows that one cannot distinguish directions, sky, or earth; everything appears as if transformed into a mass of arrows.