Shloka 17
Adhyāya 108 — Nimitta-darśana and Drona’s counsel amid Arjuna’s advance (निमित्तदर्शनं द्रोणोपदेशश्च)
प्रत्यघ्नंस्तरसा वेगं समरे हयसादिनाम् | उद्वृत्तस्य महाराज प्रावृट्कालेडतिपूर्यत:
pratyaghnan tarasā vegaṃ samare hayasādinām | udvṛttasya mahārāja prāvṛṭ-kāle 'ti-pūryataḥ
三阇耶说：大王啊，在鏖战之中，他以猛力遏住了骑兵与诸般乘骑武士的冲击之势；继而又如雨季暴涨的洪流，充盈奔涌，势不可当。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses a monsoon-flood simile to highlight how violence in war can swell beyond restraint; it implicitly cautions that unchecked momentum—whether of troops or passions—becomes dangerous and overwhelming, a concern central to dharmic reflection on warfare.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a warrior on the battlefield forcefully halts the rushing advance of mounted fighters; the scene is likened to a rain-season surge, emphasizing the intensity and unstoppable pressure of the combat.