Shloka 79
Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam
Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32
प्रमोदने श्वापदपक्षिरक्षसां जनक्षये वर्तति तत्र दारुणे । महाबलास्ते कुपिता: परस्परं निषूदयन्त: प्रविचेरुरोजसा,वहाँ वह भयंकर जनसंहार हिंसक जन्तुओं, पक्षियों तथ राक्षसरोंको आनन्द प्रदान करनेवाला था। उसमें कुपित हुए वे महाबली शूरवीर एक-दूसरेको मारते हुए बलपूर्वक विचरण कर रहे थे
sañjaya uvāca |
pramodane śvāpadapakṣirakṣasāṃ janakṣaye vartati tatra dāruṇe |
mahābalās te kupitāḥ parasparaṃ niṣūdayantaḥ pravicerurojasā ||
सञ्जय उवाच—तस्मिन् दारुणे जनक्षये श्वापदपक्षिरक्षसां प्रमोदने वर्तमाने, ते महाबला योधाः परस्परं कुपिताः, निषूदयन्तः, ओजसा प्रविचेरुः।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical degradation of war: when rage and mutual hatred dominate, human life is reduced to mere 'slaughter,' and the battlefield becomes a place where non-human predators and destructive forces thrive—an implicit warning about adharma and loss of restraint.
Sañjaya describes a horrific phase of the battle where powerful fighters, inflamed with anger, roam the field killing one another. The carnage is so intense that it is portrayed as pleasing to scavengers and rākṣasas who feed on death.