Shloka 57
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 95 — Sātyaki’s Breakthrough and the Routing of Allied Contingents
निर्दहेदनलो5रण्यं यथा वायुसमीरित: । सेनारण्यं तव तथा कृष्णानिलसमीरित:
nirdahen analo'raṇyaṃ yathā vāyu-samīritaḥ | senāraṇyaṃ tava tathā kṛṣṇānila-samīritam ||
サञ्जャヤは言った。「風にあおられた火が森を焼き尽くすように、クリシュナという大風に駆り立てられて、その燃えさかる勢いは汝の軍という『森』をも呑み尽くすのだ。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that power becomes decisively effective—and dangerously destructive—when directed by a compelling guiding force. Kṛṣṇa’s leadership is likened to wind that intensifies fire: guidance and intent can magnify outcomes, raising ethical responsibility for the devastation that follows.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Kaurava forces are being consumed in battle as if they were a forest set ablaze. The cause is not mere brute strength alone, but the momentum and coordination ‘fanned’ by Kṛṣṇa’s presence and direction on the Pāṇḍava side.