Shloka 35
Daśame’hani Bhīṣma-yuddham — Śikhaṇḍī-rakṣaṇa, Arjuna-prabhāva, Duryodhana-āśraya-vākyam
विषाणे दन्तिनं गृह निर्विषाणमथाकरोत्,उन्होंने किसी दन््तार हाथीका दाँत पकड़कर उखाड़ लिया और उस हाथीको दन्तहीन बना दिया। फिर उसी दाँतके द्वारा उसके कुम्भस्थलमें प्रहार करके दण्डधारी यमराजकी भाँति समरांगणमें उसे मार गिराया
viṣāṇe dantinaṃ gṛhya nirviṣāṇam athākarot |
సంజయుడు పలికెను—అతడు ఒక దంతి ఏనుగుని దంతమును పట్టుకొని పీకివేసి, దానిని దంతహీనముగా చేసెను.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the grim moral atmosphere of war: intelligence and strength can be redirected into destructive ends, and the comparison to Yama highlights the inevitability of death that overtakes even the mighty in battle.
In Sañjaya’s report of the fighting, a warrior seizes an elephant’s tusk, rips it out, and then uses that tusk as a weapon to strike the elephant on its temples, killing it and casting it down on the battlefield.