Shloka 563
Bhūriśravas–Sātyaki Saṃvāda and Duel; Arjuna’s Intervention (भूरिश्रवाः–सात्यकि संवादः, युद्धम्, अर्जुन-हस्तक्षेपः)
घोरमार्तस्वरं कृत्वा विदुद्राव महागज: । सात्यकिके बाणोंसे पीड़ित हो वह महान् गजराज घोर चीत्कार करके अपनी ही सेनाको कुचलता हुआ भाग निकला
ghoramārtasvaraṃ kṛtvā vidudrāva mahāgajaḥ |
सञ्जय उवाच—स महागजः सात्यकिबाणपीडितः घोरमार्तस्वरं कृत्वा विदुद्राव, स्वसैन्यं च मर्दयन् पलायितवान्।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even formidable power, when seized by pain and fear, can become destructive to one’s own side; the verse highlights the ethical cost of war—panic and suffering spread beyond the intended target, undermining order (dharma) within an army.
A great elephant, struck and tormented by Sātyaki’s arrows, gives a terrifying cry and runs off in terror, crushing its own troops as it flees.