Shloka 8
हस्तानामुत्तमाड़ानां कार्मुकाणां च भारत । छत्राणां चापविद्धानां चामराणां च संचयै:
hastānām uttamāḍānāṁ kārmukāṇāṁ ca bhārata | chatrāṇāṁ cāpaviddhānāṁ cāmarāṇāṁ ca saṁcayaiḥ ||
サञ्जयは語った。「おお、バーラタよ。そこには切り落とされた手の山、見事な弓の堆、投げ捨てられた天蓋（王の傘）と、チャーマラ（ヤクの尾の払子）の束が散り重なっていた。戦の圧倒的な暴虐と、殺戮のただ中で王者の威儀が一瞬にして崩れ落ちるさまを、これほど明らかに示すものはない。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the impermanence of worldly power: royal emblems like umbrellas and fly-whisks, and even the warrior’s prized bow, become scattered debris in war. It implicitly warns that status and splendor collapse before the harsh consequences of violence.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield aftermath to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: piles of severed hands and discarded or fallen weapons and royal insignia (bows, parasols, fly-whisks) lie strewn about, conveying the scale of carnage and the downfall of many high-born warriors.