Shloka 73
युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya
प्रवणादिव शैलानां शिखराणि द्विपोत्तमा:,विप्रविद्धायुधाड़ श्र द्विरदाश्चरथै्हता:
pravaṇād iva śailānāṃ śikharāṇi dvipottamāḥ, vipraviddhāyudhāś ca dviradāś ca rathair hatāḥ
ସଞ୍ଜୟ କହିଲେ—ଯେପରି ଢାଳୁ ପଥରୁ ପର୍ବତଶିଖର ଗଡ଼ି ପଡ଼େ, ସେପରି ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ହସ୍ତୀମାନେ ଧରାଶାୟୀ ହେଲେ—କେହି ପ୍ରବଳ ବେଗରେ ଛାଡ଼ାଯାଇଥିବା ଅସ୍ତ୍ରରେ ବିଦ୍ଧ ହୋଇ, ଆଉ କେହି ଯୁଦ୍ଧର ଠେଲାଠେଲିରେ ରଥର ଆଘାତରେ ହତ ହୋଇ।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the devastating momentum of war: even the mightiest forces (elephants) collapse swiftly, like peaks sliding from a slope—highlighting the fragility of power and the heavy cost of martial conflict.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield scene where elite war-elephants are being brought down—some by forcefully hurled weapons and others by chariot-warriors—using a vivid simile of mountain summits falling.