Shloka 726
शूलप्रासासिमुसलजलप्रस्रवणो महान् | वह वृक्षावलियोंद्वारा हरे-भरे शिखरोंसे सुशोभित एक अत्यन्त ऊँचा महान् पर्वत बन गया और उससे पानीके झरनेकी भाँति शूल, प्रास, खड्ग और मूसल आदि अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंका स्रोत बहने लगा
śūlaprāsāsimusalajalaprasravaṇo mahān | sa vṛkṣāvalībhiḥ dvārā hare-bhare śikharaḥ suśobhitaḥ atyanta-ūñcaḥ mahān parvato babhūva, tataś ca pānīya-jharīva śūla-prāsa-khaḍga-musalādīnām astrāṇāṃ śastrāṇāṃ ca srotaḥ prasasrāva |
सञ्जय उवाच—स वृक्षावलिभिः शोभितैः हरितैः शिखरैः समलङ्कृतः परम उन्नतो महान् पर्वत इवाभवत्। तस्माच्च जलप्रस्रवण इव शूलप्रासासिमुसलादीनामस्त्रशस्त्राणां प्रवाहो निःससार।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses a powerful simile to show how warfare can become an impersonal, unstoppable flood of destruction. Ethically, it warns that when violence is unleashed at scale, it overwhelms discernment and compassion, pressing listeners to reflect on restraint and responsibility even amid kṣatriya duty.
Sañjaya describes a warrior (contextually, a formidable combatant) appearing like a towering, tree-crowned mountain, from whom a torrent of weapons pours forth like a waterfall—spears, lances, swords, and clubs—indicating an intense phase of the battle where missiles and hand-weapons are being hurled in continuous succession.