Mahabharata 7.193.21 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 193, Shloka 21
यथा सविद्युतो मेघा नदन्तो जलदागमे । तथा रेजुर्महाराज मिश्रिता रणमूर्थनि
yathā savidyuto meghā nadanto jaladāgame | tathā rejur mahārāja miśritā raṇamūrdhani ||
यथा सविद्युतो मेघा नदन्तो जलदागमे । तथा रेजुर्महाराज मिश्रिता रणमूर्धनि ॥
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The verse primarily offers poetic narration rather than direct moral instruction, yet it implicitly underscores how war’s spectacle can resemble nature’s awe-inspiring power—beautiful and fearsome at once—inviting reflection on the grave, charged atmosphere that precedes violence.
Sañjaya describes the battle-front to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: horses clustered together at the mouth/forefront of combat look resplendent, compared to thunderclouds lit by lightning at the onset of the rains.
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