Shloka 283
दहन्तौ च शरोलकाभिर्दष्प्रेक्ष्या च बभूवतु: । वे सायकोंका संधान करके एक-दूसरेके अंगोंको छेदते और बाणमयी उल्काओंसे दग्ध करते थे। उससे उन दोनोंकी ओर देखना अत्यन्त कठिन हो रहा था
dahantau ca śarolkābhir duṣprekṣyā ca babhūvatuḥ |
सञ्जय उवाच—तौ शरोल्काभिर्दहन्तौ दुष्प्रेक्ष्यौ च बभूवतुः। सायकान् सन्धान्य परस्परस्याङ्गानि विव्यधतुः, बाणमयीभिरुल्काभिर्दग्धवन्तौ च; तेन तयोर्दर्शनमत्यन्तं दुरासदं बभूव॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the consuming nature of warfare: when combat reaches a peak of rage and prowess, it becomes ‘duṣprekṣya’—morally and sensorially unbearable. It implicitly warns that even valor, when fused with destructive intensity, produces a spectacle of suffering rather than righteousness.
Sañjaya describes two opposing fighters exchanging volleys of arrows that blaze like meteors. They are striking each other’s bodies repeatedly, and the fiery brilliance and violence of the encounter makes it extremely difficult for onlookers to gaze at them.