Shloka 62
Adhyāya 65: Dawn Assembly, Makara–Śyena Vyūhas, and Commander Engagements
विमिश्रां केशमज्जाभि: प्रदिग्धां रुधिरेण च । पिनाकमिव रुद्रस्य क्रुद्धस्याभिघ्नत: पशून्
sañjaya uvāca | vimiśrāṃ keśa-majjābhiḥ pradigdhāṃ rudhireṇa ca | pinākam iva rudrasya kruddhasyābhighnataḥ paśūn ||
กระบองนั้นชุ่มเลือด และติดปนด้วยเส้นผมกับไขกระดูก เราเห็นประหนึ่ง “ปิณากะ” ของพระรุทรผู้พิโรธ กำลังฟาดฟันสรรพสัตว์ให้ล้มตาย
संजय उवाच
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The verse uses a terrifying simile—comparing a blood-smeared mace to Rudra’s Pināka—to highlight the dehumanizing, near-apocalyptic character of unchecked wrath in war. It implicitly warns that violence, once unleashed, can resemble indiscriminate destruction rather than righteous action.
Sañjaya describes a mace in the battlefield, coated with blood and mixed with hair and marrow from those struck. The sight is so dreadful that it is likened to the weapon of wrathful Rudra, as if it were annihilating living beings.