Shloka 15
Bhīmasena’s Kalinga Engagement and the Approach of Bhīṣma (भीमसेन-कालिङ्ग-संग्रामः)
प्रगृहीतैः सुसंरब्धा द्रवमाणास्ततस्ततः । व्यदृश्यन्त महाराज परस्परजिघांसव:
pragṛhītaiḥ susaṃrabdhā dravamāṇās tataḥ tataḥ | vyadṛśyanta mahārāja parasparajighāṃsavaḥ ||
Wika ni Sanjaya: O Hari, nang sila’y masakmal at madiin nang husto, nakita silang nagkakawatak-watak na tumatakas sa iba’t ibang panig—bawat isa’y uhaw na pumatay sa kapwa.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, once seized by anger and the urge to destroy, warriors lose steadiness and scatter in panic, yet remain driven by mutual hatred. It implicitly warns that uncontrolled rage and the fixation on killing degrade discernment and intensify the moral danger of war.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that combatants, tightly engaged and highly agitated, are seen running off in different directions amid the battle, each side bent on slaying the other.