Shloka 8
तदायस्तमनुष्याश्वमुदीर्णवरवारणम् । पुत्राणां ते महासैन्यं समरौत्सीद् धनंजयम्
tadāyastamanuṣyāśvam udīrṇavaravāraṇam | putrāṇāṁ te mahāsainyaṁ samarautsīd dhanaṁjayam ||
សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយ៖ ពេលនោះ កងទ័ពដ៏ធំរបស់កូនៗព្រះអង្គ ឱ ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ—ទោះមនុស្សនិងសេះនឿយហត់ ហើយដំរីល្អៗក៏រអាក់រអួល—ក៏នៅតែរុញចូលជិត ធនញ្ជយ (អర్జុន) ក្នុងសមរភូមិ។
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the relentless momentum of war: even an exhausted force can surge forward through massed effort. Ethically, it points to how collective determination, when yoked to adharma-driven rivalry, intensifies suffering rather than restoring order.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Kaurava host—despite fatigue among men and horses and turmoil among their best elephants—nevertheless pressed in and attacked Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) in the thick of battle.