Shloka 19
Chapter 30: Formation Disruption, Competing War-Cries, and Nīla’s Fall
Droṇa-parva
खरोष्टमहिषा: सिंहा व्याप्रा: सूमरचित्रका: । ऋक्षा: शालावृका गृध्रा: कपयश्न सरीसूपा:,गदहे, ऊँट, भैंसे, सिंह, व्याप्र, रोझ, चीते, रीक्ष, कुत्ते, गीध, बन्दर, साँप तथा नाना प्रकारके भूखे राक्षस एवं भाँति-भाँतिके पक्षी अत्यन्त कुपित हो अर्जुनपर धावा करने लगे
sañjaya uvāca | kharoṣṭa-mahiṣāḥ siṃhā vyāghrāḥ sūmara-citrakāḥ | ṛkṣāḥ śālā-vṛkā gṛdhrāḥ kapayaś ca sarīsṛpāḥ ||
ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ଗଧା ଓ ଉଁଟ, ମହିଷ, ସିଂହ ଓ ବ୍ୟାଘ୍ର, ରୋଝ ଓ ବିଚିତ୍ର-ଚିତ୍ରିତ ପଶୁ; ଭାଲୁ, ଶିଆଳ, ଗିଧ, ବାନର ଓ ସରୀସୃପ—ଏମାନେ ଏବଂ ଅନ୍ୟାନ୍ୟ ଅନେକ ଭୁକ୍ତାର୍ତ୍ତ ପ୍ରାଣୀ କ୍ରୋଧେ ଉନ୍ମତ୍ତ ହୋଇ ଅର୍ଜୁନଙ୍କୁ ଆକ୍ରମଣ କରିବାକୁ ଧାଇ ଆସିଲେ।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses predatory, chaotic imagery to highlight how war distorts the moral and natural order: when violence dominates, the world is pictured as turning hostile and ravenous, warning of the ethical degradation that accompanies unchecked fury.
Sañjaya describes a terrifying surge of fierce animals and scavengers—lions, tigers, jackals, vultures, and reptiles—rushing to attack Arjuna, functioning as vivid battlefield/omen imagery within the Drona Parva narration.