Shloka 80
युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya
कचाकचि युद्धमासीद् दन््तादन्ति नखानखि
sañjaya uvāca | kacākaci yuddham āsīd dantādanti nakhānakhi |
Sañjaya nói: “Cuộc giao tranh trở thành một trận giáp lá cà rối bời, sát đến mức biến thành đánh nhau răng kề răng, móng kề móng.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how war can collapse into brutal intimacy—when order and distance vanish, conflict becomes raw bodily violence. It implicitly cautions that the momentum of battle can degrade human dignity and restraint, highlighting the ethical cost of warfare.
Sañjaya reports that the engagement has intensified into a chaotic, close-quarters melee, with fighters grappling at such proximity that it is described as tooth-against-tooth and nail-against-nail.