Shloka 42
Śalya-hatānantarāṇi: Madrarāja-padānugānāṃ praskandana and the Pandava counter-encirclement (शल्यहतानन्तराणि—मद्रराजपदानुगानां प्रस्कन्दनम्)
दीप्तामथैनां प्रहितां बलेन सविस्फुलिज्रां सहसा पतन्तीम् । प्रैक्षन्त सर्वे कुरव: समेता दिवो युगान्ते महतीमिवोल्काम्
dīptām athaināṁ prahitāṁ balena savisphulijrāṁ sahasā patantīm | praikṣanta sarve kuravaḥ sametā divo yugānte mahatīm ivolkām ||
ສັນຈະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ແລ້ວຫອກສັກຕິນັ້ນ ເມື່ອຖືກຂວ້າງດ້ວຍແຮງ ກໍລຸກໄໝ້ສະຫວ່າງ ແລະພົ່ນປະກາຍໄຟ ຕົກລົງຢ່າງກະທັນຫັນ. ບັນດາກຸຣຸທັງປວງທີ່ຊຸມນຸມຢູ່ນັ້ນ ໄດ້ເຫັນມັນພຸ່ງຕົກໃສ່ສາລະຍະ ດັ່ງອຸລະກາອັນໃຫຍ່ຕົກຈາກຟ້າໃນຍາມສິ້ນຍຸກ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how deliberate human violence in war can assume an overwhelming, almost cosmic force—suggesting that once unleashed, destructive actions gain momentum beyond easy restraint. The apocalyptic simile (yugānta-ulka) frames battlefield events as morally weighty and consequential, urging reflection on the gravity of kṣatriya action and its costs.
Sañjaya describes a blazing śakti weapon, hurled with great strength, falling rapidly while throwing sparks. All the assembled Kurus watch it descend and strike Śalya, and its fall is compared to a huge meteor dropping from the sky at the end of an age.