Shloka 35
स सम्प्रहारस्तुमुलो निशि प्रत्यभवन्महान् । यथा सागरयो राजंश्नन्द्रोदयविवृद्धयो:,राजन! उस रात्रिमें चन्द्रोदयकालमें उमड़े हुए दो महासागरोंके सदृश उन दोनों दलोंका वह महान् संग्राम अत्यन्त भयंकर प्रतीत होता था
sa samprahāras tumulo niśi pratyabhavan mahān | yathā sāgarayor rājan candrodayavivṛddhayoḥ ||
サンジャヤは言った。「王よ、その夜の激突は巨大にして騒然となった。月の出に二つの大海が膨れ上がるがごとく、両軍の戦いはうねり、轟き、恐るべきさまを呈した。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how violence, once unleashed, swells beyond control—like oceans rising with the moon—warning that war amplifies fear and destruction irrespective of side, and that ethical restraint is easily overwhelmed by collective fury.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that during the night the fighting intensified into a massive, terrifying melee; he conveys its scale through a vivid comparison to two oceans surging at moonrise.