Shloka 14
Adhyāya 92: Irāvanta-śoka, punaḥ-pravṛttiḥ saṅgrāmasya
Arjuna’s grief and the battle’s renewed intensity
मध्याल्वे सुमहारौद्र: संग्राम: समपद्यत । लोकक्षयकरो राजंस्तन्मे निगदत: शृणु
madhyāhne sumahāraudraḥ saṅgrāmaḥ samapadyata | lokakṣayakaro rājan tan me nigadataḥ śṛṇu, rājan ||
Sañjaya nói: “Đến giữa trưa, tâu Đại vương, một trận chiến dữ dội khôn cùng đã bùng lên—một cuộc tàn phá các dũng sĩ của thế gian. Xin Đại vương hãy nghe ta thuật lại.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the catastrophic moral weight of war: once unleashed, it escalates into a force that consumes entire communities (“world-destroying”), reminding the listener that violence rapidly exceeds human control and brings collective ruin.
Sañjaya, reporting to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, announces that by noon the fighting has intensified into a terrifying, all-consuming battle, and he invites the king to listen as he narrates the ensuing events.