Shloka 25
भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः
Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas
हतारोहा गजा राजन् हयाश्व हतसादिन:
hatarohā gajā rājan hayāśva hatasādinaḥ
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “O Hari, ang mga elepante ay naiwan nang walang sakay, gayundin ang mga kabayo—yaong minsang nagbuhat sa kanilang mga mangangabayo ay ngayo’y wala na silang kasama.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the stark impermanence and moral cost of war: even mighty war-assets like elephants and horses become symbols of loss when their riders fall, reminding the listener that power and prowess collapse quickly under violence.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra the battlefield scene at Kurukṣetra: many mounted warriors have been killed, leaving elephants and horses without riders, conveying the scale of casualties and the chaos of combat.