Shloka 35
अध्याय २९: कर्णस्य शल्यं प्रति शापस्मरणं च युद्धनिश्चयः | Chapter 29: Karṇa recalls curses to Śalya and declares resolve for battle
तैर्वध्यमानं तत् सैन्यं सपत्त्यश्चरथद्विपम् । निमीलिताक्षमत्यर्थ बश्राम च ननाद च
tair vadhyamānaṃ tat sainyaṃ sapattayaś ca ratha-dvipam | nimīlitākṣam atyarthaṃ babhrāma ca nanāda ca ||
ان تیروں سے کچلی جاتی ہوئی وہ فوج—پیادوں، گھوڑوں، رتھوں اور ہاتھیوں سمیت—خوف سے آنکھیں بند کر کے نہایت بے قرار ہو اٹھی؛ وہ گھبرا کر ادھر اُدھر ڈولتی رہی اور بلند آواز سے چیخنے لگی۔
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the psychological and moral cost of war: when violence intensifies, collective discipline collapses into fear and confusion. It implicitly warns that adharma-driven conflict breeds suffering and disorder for entire communities, not only for individual fighters.
Sañjaya reports that the army, battered by a storm of arrows, becomes terrified—closing its eyes, crying out loudly, and moving about in disarray—describing a moment of panic and breakdown in the Kaurava ranks amid the battle.