Shloka 8
हस्तानामुत्तमाड़ानां कार्मुकाणां च भारत । छत्राणां चापविद्धानां चामराणां च संचयै:
hastānām uttamāḍānāṁ kārmukāṇāṁ ca bhārata | chatrāṇāṁ cāpaviddhānāṁ cāmarāṇāṁ ca saṁcayaiḥ ||
ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಓ ಭಾರತ! ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಕತ್ತರಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ಕೈಗಳ ರಾಶಿಗಳು, ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಬಿಲ್ಲುಗಳ ಗುಡ್ಡಗಳು, ಎಸೆದ ಛತ್ರಗಳ ಗುಂಪುಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ಚಾಮರಗಳ ಸಂಚಯಗಳು ಕಾಣುತ್ತಿದ್ದವು.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the impermanence of worldly power: royal emblems like umbrellas and fly-whisks, and even the warrior’s prized bow, become scattered debris in war. It implicitly warns that status and splendor collapse before the harsh consequences of violence.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield aftermath to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: piles of severed hands and discarded or fallen weapons and royal insignia (bows, parasols, fly-whisks) lie strewn about, conveying the scale of carnage and the downfall of many high-born warriors.