Shloka 22
Chapter 30: Formation Disruption, Competing War-Cries, and Nīla’s Fall
Droṇa-parva
ते हन्यमाना: शूरेण प्रवरै: सायकैर्दूढै: । विरुवन्तो महारावान् विनेशु: सर्वतो हता:,शूरवीर अर्जुनके सुदृढ़ एवं श्रेष्ठ सायकोंद्वारा मारे जाते हुए वे समस्त हिंसक पशु सब ओरसे घायल हो घोर चीत्कार करते हुए वहीं नष्ट हो गये
te hanyamānāḥ śūreṇa pravaraiḥ sāyakair dṛḍhaiḥ | viruvanto mahārāvān vineśuḥ sarvato hatāḥ ||
サञ्जयは語った――勇士の堅く優れた矢に射抜かれ、あの凶暴な獣たちは四方から傷を負い、恐るべき咆哮をあげて、その場で滅び去った。戦の猛りの中では、いかに荒ぶる命であろうと、勝る武威の前にはたちまち断たれることが示される。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the stark consequence of violence in war: when force meets force, life—however fierce—can be ended instantly. Ethically, it points to the grim reality that martial excellence, while a kṣatriya virtue, also brings unavoidable suffering and destruction.
Sañjaya describes a battlefield moment where violent animals/beasts, struck from all sides by a warrior’s strong and superior arrows, roar loudly in pain and then die on the spot.