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Shloka 25

Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam

Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32

इत्येवमुच्चरन्ति सम श्रूयन्ते विविधा गिर: । उस समय सभी सैनिक “हा तात! हा पुत्र! सखे! तुम कहाँ हो? ठहरो, कहाँ भागे जा रहे हो? मारो, लाओ, इसका वध कर डालो'--इस प्रकारकी बातें कह रहे थे। हास्य, उछल-कूद और गर्जनाके साथ उनके मुखसे नाना प्रकारकी बातें सुनायी देती थीं ।। २४ ई || नरस्याश्वस्य नागस्य समसज्जत शोणितम्‌

ity evam uccaranti sma śrūyante vividhā giraḥ | narasyāśvasya nāgasya samasajjata śoṇitam ||

サञ्जयは言った。かくしてさまざまな叫びが聞こえた。兵たちは混乱と苦悶のうちに「父よ!」「子よ!」「友よ!」と呼び、さらに「打て! 捕えよ! 引きずれ! 斬り捨てよ!」と命令の声を張り上げた。笑い、跳躍、咆哮のただ中で、無数の声が口々に渦巻いた。そして人と馬と象の血が戦場で混じり合った。

नरस्यof a man
नरस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
अश्वस्यof a horse
अश्वस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
नागस्यof an elephant
नागस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनाग
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
सम्together; completely (preverb)
सम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्
असज्जतclung; adhered; got stuck
असज्जत:
TypeVerb
Rootसञ्ज्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
शोणितम्blood
शोणितम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशोणित
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
S
soldiers (unspecified combatants)
M
men
H
horses
E
elephants
B
blood

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the moral and human cost of war: beneath boasts and battle-cries lie grief, confusion, and indiscriminate slaughter, where even the blood of humans and animals mingles—an implicit reminder of the ethical gravity of violence.

Sañjaya reports the battlefield soundscape: soldiers shout varied cries—calling to relatives and comrades and issuing violent commands—while the fighting is so intense that blood from men, horses, and elephants becomes mingled on the ground.