Shloka 28
अस्त्रयुद्धे द्रौणिपार्थसंघर्षः — Karṇa’s Bhārgavāstra and the Search for Yudhiṣṭhira
Chapter 45
तस्य पक्षप्रपक्षेभ्यो निष्पतन्ति युयुत्सव: । पत्त्यश्चरथमातज्जा: प्रावषीव बलाहका:
tasya pakṣa-prapakṣebhyo niṣpatanti yuyutsavaḥ | patty-aśva-ratha-mātaṅgāḥ prāvṛṣi iva balāhakāḥ ||
Sañjaya nói: Từ các cánh và phản cánh của trận thế ấy, những chiến binh khát chiến lao vọt ra—bộ binh, kỵ binh, xa binh và tượng binh—ùn ùn hiện lên như mây mưa mùa gió mùa.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses a monsoon-cloud simile to highlight how war, once set in motion, gathers force and spreads irresistibly. Ethically, it underscores the grave, collective consequence of martial ambition: individual eagerness to fight becomes a mass surge that can overwhelm discernment and restraint.
Sañjaya describes a battle formation whose flanks (wings and counter-wings) release successive bodies of troops—foot-soldiers, horsemen, charioteers, and elephant-riders—pouring out in great numbers, like clouds appearing in the rainy season.