Shloka 29
कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५९
Arjuna Breaks the Encirclement; Bhīma Reinforces
एते भारत मातड्ा: कर्णेनाभिहता: शरै: | आर्तनादान् विकुर्वाणा विद्रवन्ति दिशो दश,“भारत! कर्णके बाणोंसे मारे गये ये मतवाले हाथी आर्तनाद करते हुए दसों दिशाओंमें भाग रहे हैं
ete bhārata mātaṅgāḥ karṇenābhihatāḥ śaraiḥ | ārtanādān vikurvāṇā vidravanti diśo daśa ||
Wika ni Sañjaya: “O Bhārata! Ang mga elepanteng lasing sa pagkamabangis ng rut na ito, tinamaan ng mga palaso ni Karṇa, ay humahagulhol sa sakit at nagtatakbuhang may sindak sa lahat ng sampung panig.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the immediate human-and-animal cost of martial power: skill in war can create terror and suffering, reminding the listener that battlefield success is inseparable from anguish inflicted on living beings.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Karṇa has shot the elephants with arrows; wounded and crying out, they stampede and scatter in all directions, intensifying the chaos of the fight.