Mahabharata (Gita Press) 7.116.36 - Drona Parva, Adhyaya 116, Shloka 36
Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)
महानागान् विद्रवतो दृष्टवार्जुनशराहतान् । पतितान् पततक्चान्यान् मन्ये शोचन्ति पुत्रका:
mahānāgān vidravato dṛṣṭvārjunaśarāhatān | patitān patatak cānyān manye śocanti putrakāḥ ||
สัญชัยกล่าวว่า—เมื่อเห็นช้างศึกมหึมา ถูกศรของอรชุนทิ่มแทงแล้วแตกตื่นหนี กระทั่งล้มลง และบางเชือกก็ล้มคว่ำอยู่ก่อนแล้ว ข้าพเจ้าคิดว่าพระโอรสของท่านย่อมกำลังเศร้าโศก
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The verse highlights how visible collapse of power (war-elephants routed by Arjuna) produces inner collapse—grief and fear—showing that in war, moral-psychological consequences accompany physical defeat.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna’s arrows have thrown the Kaurava elephant corps into panic: elephants run, fall, and lie fallen; from this, Sañjaya infers that Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons are lamenting.
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