Shloka 44
रणभूमिवर्णनम् — Devāsuropama-yuddha and the ‘River’ Metaphor of the Battlefield
इमे ते च बलौघेन परस्परवधैषिण:
ime te ca balaughena parasparavadhaiṣiṇaḥ
Sañjaya berkata: “Pasukan-pasukanmu ini, yang berhimpun dalam kelompok besar, berhasrat melakukan pembunuhan sesama sendiri—setiap pihak mencari kebinasaan pihak yang lain.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral tragedy of war: once armies are assembled with the intent to kill, conflict becomes reciprocal and self-consuming—highlighting how hatred and vengeance turn into mutual destruction rather than righteous protection.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra about the assembled forces, emphasizing that the opposing hosts are locked in a mindset of reciprocal killing, each seeking the other’s death as the battle intensifies.