Shloka 32
भीमसेनस्य गदायुद्ध-प्रभावः
The Battlefield Impact of Bhīmasena’s Mace Combat
प्रतोदानां च योक्त्राणां कशानां चैव मारिष । राशय: स्मात्र दृश्यन्ते विनिकीर्णा रणक्षितौ
sañjaya uvāca | pratodānāṃ ca yoktrāṇāṃ kaśānāṃ caiva māriṣa | rāśayaḥ smātra dṛśyante vinikīrṇā raṇakṣitau ||
ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಮಾರಿಷ! ಆ ರಣಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರತೋದಗಳು, ಯೋಕುಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಕಶೆಗಳ ರಾಶಿಗಳು ಎಲ್ಲೆಡೆ ಚದುರಿಕೊಂಡು ಕಾಣುತ್ತಿದ್ದವು।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the dehumanizing aftermath of war: even tools meant for guidance and restraint (reins, goads, whips) lie discarded, suggesting that in violent conflict ordinary order and self-control collapse—inviting reflection on dharma and the cost of adharma.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra what he ‘sees’ on the battlefield: piles of driving and controlling implements—goads, reins, and whips—strewn across the war-ground, part of a broader visual catalogue of the field after intense fighting.