Shloka 66
Daiva–Puruṣakāra Discourse and the Elephant-Corps Engagement (भीमगजानीक-सम्भ्रान्ति)
अपरे चैनमालोक्य भयात् पज्चत्वमागता: । एवं सा बहुला सेना कलिज्जानां तरस्विनाम्
apare cainam ālokya bhayāt pañcatvam āgatāḥ | evaṃ sā bahulā senā kaliñjānāṃ tarasvinām ||
سنجے نے کہا—اور کچھ لوگ تو اسے دیکھتے ہی خوف سے جان سے گئے۔ یوں دلیر کالِنگوں کی وہ عظیم فوج دہشت کے آگے ایسی حالت کو پہنچ گئی۔
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how fear can collapse even a large and powerful force; inner steadiness and courage are decisive in dharmic and martial trials, while panic leads to ruin.
Sañjaya reports that, upon seeing a particular warrior (referred to as 'him'), some soldiers died from sheer terror, and the great contingent of the valiant Kaliṅgas was thrown into devastation.