Shloka 316
लक्ष॑ नरद्विपान् हत्वा समेतान् समहाबलान् | “वे एक-एक मुट्ठी बाणसे ही युद्धस्थलमें एकत्र हुए लाखों महाबली पैदल मनुष्यों और हाथियोंका संहार करके सहस्रों रथियोंको मार सकते थे
lakṣaṁ naradvipān hatvā sametān samahābalān |
सञ्जय उवाच—समेतान् महाबलान् नरद्विपान् लक्षं हत्वा, मुष्टिमात्रैः शरैः समरे समवेतान् बहून् जनान् छित्त्वा सहस्रशो रथिनोऽपि निघ्नन्ति स्म।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the catastrophic consequences of war: extraordinary martial prowess can rapidly become mass killing. It implicitly invites reflection on restraint, responsibility, and the moral weight borne by warriors and rulers when violence escalates beyond measure.
Sañjaya is reporting battlefield events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, describing immense slaughter—hundreds of thousands of men and elephants—emphasizing how concentrated and overwhelming the combatants’ power is in this phase of the Kurukṣetra war.