Shloka 35
अध्याय २९: कर्णस्य शल्यं प्रति शापस्मरणं च युद्धनिश्चयः | Chapter 29: Karṇa recalls curses to Śalya and declares resolve for battle
तैर्वध्यमानं तत् सैन्यं सपत्त्यश्चरथद्विपम् । निमीलिताक्षमत्यर्थ बश्राम च ननाद च
tair vadhyamānaṃ tat sainyaṃ sapattayaś ca ratha-dvipam | nimīlitākṣam atyarthaṃ babhrāma ca nanāda ca ||
Sañjaya disse: Atingido por aquelas flechas, aquele exército—com sua infantaria e suas forças de carros e elefantes—fechou os olhos de terror; cambaleou em confusão e bradou em altos gritos.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the psychological and moral cost of war: when violence intensifies, collective discipline collapses into fear and confusion. It implicitly warns that adharma-driven conflict breeds suffering and disorder for entire communities, not only for individual fighters.
Sañjaya reports that the army, battered by a storm of arrows, becomes terrified—closing its eyes, crying out loudly, and moving about in disarray—describing a moment of panic and breakdown in the Kaurava ranks amid the battle.