Shloka 22
भीमसेनस्य बहुमहारथसंयुगः
Bhīmasena’s Engagement with Multiple Mahārathas
सवरूथै रथैर्भग्नै रथिभिक्ष निपातितै: । शरै: सुकवचैश्किन्नै: पट्टिशैश्व विशाम्पते
sa-varūthai rathair bhagnai rathibhiś ca nipātitaiḥ | śaraiḥ su-kavacaiś chinnaiḥ paṭṭiśaiś ca viśāṃpate, cāpaiś ca bahudhā chinnaiḥ samāstīryata medinī ||
三阇耶说道：人中王啊，大地上遍布并被覆盖着：连护栏框架尚在的破碎战车、倒下的车战勇士、被斩断的箭矢与精良甲胄、战斧，以及以种种方式被砍裂的弓。战场本身化作一张阴森的地毯，尽是断裂的兵器与毁坏的防具。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the stark cost of war: even the finest instruments of power—chariots, armor, and weapons—end as scattered fragments. It implicitly warns against pride in martial might and highlights the impermanent, ruinous aftermath that follows violence, even when framed as kṣatriya duty.
Sañjaya reports to the king that the battlefield has become covered with wrecked chariots, slain chariot-fighters, and severed weapons and armor. It is a panoramic description of the field after intense fighting, emphasizing the scale of carnage and material devastation.