Shloka 109
अलातचक्रप्रतिमं तस्य मण्डलमायुधम् | द्रौणेरासीन्महाराज बाणान् विसृजतस्तदा
alātacakrapratimaṃ tasya maṇḍalam āyudham | drauṇer āsīn mahārāja bāṇān visṛjatas tadā ||
ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ພຣະມະຫາກະສັດ, ເມື່ອບຸດຂອງ ດຣໍນະ (ດຣໍນິ) ປ່ອຍລູກສອນ, ວົງການເຄື່ອນໄຫວຂອງອາວຸດຂອງລາວປານດັ່ງໄມ້ໄຟທີ່ຖືກຫມຸນວຽນ—ເປັນວົງໄຟທີ່ລຸກໂຊນນ່າຕື່ນຕາ. ພາບນີ້ຊູມໃຫ້ເຫັນວ່າ ຝີມືສົງຄາມເມື່ອຖືກຂັບເຄື່ອນໂດຍຄວາມໂກດ ອາດຈະທຳໃຫ້ຕາຕື່ນຕະລຶງ ແຕ່ກໍ່ເຮັດໃຫ້ຄວາມພິນາດຂອງສົງຄາມລຶກລົງອີກ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses the simile of a whirling firebrand to show how the spectacle of power in battle can be mesmerizing yet morally perilous: brilliance in violence does not lessen its harm, and wrath-driven prowess accelerates devastation.
Sañjaya describes to Dhṛtarāṣṭra how Aśvatthāman (Drauṇi), son of Droṇa, is releasing volleys of arrows; the motion of his weapon and the flight of missiles form a circular, fiery-looking ring, like a spinning firebrand.