Mahabharata 7.116.36 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 116, Shloka 36
Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)
महानागान् विद्रवतो दृष्टवार्जुनशराहतान् । पतितान् पततक्चान्यान् मन्ये शोचन्ति पुत्रका:
mahānāgān vidravato dṛṣṭvārjunaśarāhatān | patitān patatak cānyān manye śocanti putrakāḥ ||
Sañjaya nói: Thấy những chiến tượng lớn—bị mũi tên của Arjuna bắn trúng—hoảng loạn tháo chạy, ngã quỵ, và kẻ khác đã gục sẵn, ta hiểu rằng các con trai của ngài đang chìm trong sầu thảm.
संजय उवाच
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The verse highlights how visible collapse of power (war-elephants routed by Arjuna) produces inner collapse—grief and fear—showing that in war, moral-psychological consequences accompany physical defeat.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Arjuna’s arrows have thrown the Kaurava elephant corps into panic: elephants run, fall, and lie fallen; from this, Sañjaya infers that Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons are lamenting.
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