निरुच्छवासाहताःकेचित्केचित्पार्श्वेषुदारिताः ।केचिद्विभिन्नशिरसःकेचिच्चक्षुर्विनाकृताः ।।6.96.43।।
nirucchvāsā hatāḥ kecit kecit pārśveṣu dāritāḥ |
kecid vibhinna-śirasaḥ kecic cakṣur-vinākṛtāḥ ||6.96.43||
Некоторые были убиты и лишились дыхания, у других были разорваны бока, у третьих разбиты головы, а некоторые были лишены глаз.
A few were made lifeless, some had their flanks split, some had their heads smashed and few were deprived of their eyes.
The verse serves as a moral reminder that war magnifies suffering; hence dharma insists that force be used only for protection of righteousness, not for ego, rage, or desire.
Continuing description of the devastation among the vānaras during the clash.
Compassion is indirectly invoked in the listener/reader: witnessing suffering is meant to reinforce why dharma seeks restraint and just cause.