Shloka 233
कर्णपर्व — चतुर्दशोऽध्यायः
Arjuna’s Suppression of the Saṃśaptakas; Kṛṣṇa’s Strategic Admonition; Battlefield Inventory
ग्रहयुद्ध यथा घोरं प्रजासंहरणे हाभूत् । महाराज! फिर तो जैसे प्रजाके संहारकालमें ग्रहोंका घोर युद्ध होने लगता है, उसी प्रकार उन दोनोंमें भयंकर अस्त्रयुद्ध छिड़ गया
grahayuddhaṃ yathā ghoraṃ prajāsaṃharaṇe hābhūt | mahārāja! punaḥ to yathā prajānāṃ saṃhārakāle grahāṇāṃ ghoraṃ yuddhaṃ bhavati, tathā tayor dvayor madhye bhayaṅkaram astrayuddhaṃ pracchinnaṃ jātaṃ |
Sañjaya thưa: Tâu Đại vương, như vào lúc dân chúng bị diệt vong thì giữa các tinh tú dấy lên một cuộc chiến ghê rợn, cũng vậy, giữa hai người ấy lại bùng nổ một trận giao tranh vũ khí phóng ra thật kinh hoàng.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames human warfare within a moral-cosmic register: when violence reaches a peak, it is portrayed as accompanied by ominous signs, suggesting that adharma and uncontrolled aggression invite collective ruin and the tightening grip of fate.
Sanjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the fight between two principal warriors has escalated into a fierce exchange of astras (missile-weapons), likened to a dreadful planetary conflict that appears at times of widespread destruction.