Shloka 28
दहामाना महानागा: पेतुरुर्व्या समनन््ततः । नदन्तो भैरवान् नादाज्जलदोपमनि:स्वनान्,विशालकाय गजराज दग्ध हो-होकर मेघकी गर्जनाके समान भयंकर चीत्कार करते हुए सब ओर धराशायी होने लगे
sañjaya uvāca | dahāmānā mahānāgāḥ petur urvyā samantataḥ | nadanto bhairavān nādān jaladopama-niḥsvanān |
サンジャヤは言った。「焼かれながら、大象たちは四方で大地に崩れ落ち、雷雲の轟きにも似た、恐るべき叫びをあげた。巨体は戦の惨劇のただ中で燃えさかっていた。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the catastrophic cost of war: even the mightiest beings (war-elephants) are reduced to suffering and death. It implicitly warns that power and grandeur are impermanent, and that violence—though pursued under claims of duty—inevitably produces widespread anguish.
Sañjaya describes a battlefield scene where great elephants, set ablaze (likely by fiery weapons or burning missiles), collapse in all directions while emitting terrifying, thundercloud-like roars.