Shloka 80
युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya
कचाकचि युद्धमासीद् दन््तादन्ति नखानखि
sañjaya uvāca | kacākaci yuddham āsīd dantādanti nakhānakhi |
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “Ang labanan ay naging siksik at magusot na sagupaan—napakalapit na nauwi sa pakikipaglaban na ngipin-sa-ngipin at kuko-sa-kuko.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how war can collapse into brutal intimacy—when order and distance vanish, conflict becomes raw bodily violence. It implicitly cautions that the momentum of battle can degrade human dignity and restraint, highlighting the ethical cost of warfare.
Sañjaya reports that the engagement has intensified into a chaotic, close-quarters melee, with fighters grappling at such proximity that it is described as tooth-against-tooth and nail-against-nail.