Shloka 3
अध्याय ९१ — शैनेयस्य गजानीकभेदनं जलसंधवधश्च
Chapter 91: Sātyaki breaks the elephant array and slays Jalasaṃdha
स सम्प्रहारस्तुमुल: सम्प्रवृत्त: सुदारुण: । एकस्य च बहूनां च रथनागनरक्षय:,उस समय एक वीरका बहुत-से योद्धाओंके साथ बड़ा भयंकर घमासान युद्ध छिड़ गया, जो रथों, हाथियों और मनुष्योंका संहार करनेवाला था
sa samprahāras tumulaḥ sampravṛttaḥ sudāruṇaḥ | ekasya ca bahūnāṃ ca ratha-nāga-nara-kṣayaḥ ||
स सम्प्रहारस्तुमुलः सम्प्रवृत्तः सुदारुणः । एकस्य च बहूनां च रथनागनरक्षयः ॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the grim moral reality of war: once combat erupts, it becomes a force of indiscriminate destruction—overwhelming both the solitary hero and the multitude—consuming not only fighters but the very instruments of war (chariots, elephants).
Sañjaya describes a fierce melee that has begun, characterized as one warrior facing many, and emphasizes the scale of devastation across chariots, elephants, and men.