Shloka 35
भीमसेनस्य कौरवसुतवधः तथा श्रुतर्वावधः
Slaying of Kaurava princes and the fall of Śrutarvā
प्रभिन्नकुम्भांस्तु बहून् द्रवरमाणानितस्तत: । पतमानांश्व सम्प्रेक्ष्य वित्रेसुस्तव सैनिका:,कुम्भस्थल फट जानेके कारण इधर-उधर भागते और गिरते हुए बहुत-से हाथियोंको देखकर आपके सैनिक संत्रस्त हो उठे
sañjaya uvāca |
prabhinnakumbhāṁs tu bahūn dravamāṇān itas tataḥ |
patamānāṁś ca samprekṣya vitresus tava sainikāḥ ||
サンジャヤは言った。「こめかみを裂かれた象が数多く、四方へ逃げ惑い、走りながら倒れてゆくのを見て、そなたの兵は恐怖に呑まれた。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how quickly morale collapses when violence produces uncontrollable chaos: even powerful war-assets like elephants can become a source of fear, and panic spreads through troops when order and confidence break.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that many elephants, their temples split (from musth or injury), are running in all directions and falling; witnessing this, the Kaurava soldiers become terrified.