Shloka 433
अगम्यरूपा पृथिवी मांसशोणितकर्दमा | भारत! वहाँ कर्णद्वारा मारे गये हाथियों और घोड़ोंकी लाशोंसे पृथ्वीपर चलना असम्भव हो गया। रक्त और मांसकी कीच जम गयी
agamyarūpā pṛthivī māṃsaśoṇitakardamā | bhārata! tatra karṇadvārā māritaiḥ hastibhiś ca aśvaiś ca śavasaṃghaiḥ pṛthivyāṃ gamanaṃ aśakyaṃ babhūva | rakta-māṃsayoḥ kardamaḥ sañjajñe |
Wika ni Sanjaya: O Bharata, ang lupa roon ay naging hindi na malusutan, at halos hindi na makilala ang anyo—naging putik ng laman at dugo. Sa mga bunton ng bangkay ng elepante at kabayong pinatay ni Karna, hindi na maaaring kumilos sa ibabaw ng lupa; nabuo ang malapot na putik ng dugo at laman.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the catastrophic human and animal cost of war: when violence dominates, the very earth becomes ‘impassable’—a moral and physical image of how adharma degrades the world and obstructs right living.
Sanjaya reports to Dhritarashtra that Karna’s onslaught has produced such massive slaughter of elephants and horses that the battlefield ground is clogged with carcasses and has turned into a mire of blood and flesh, making movement impossible.