Shloka 64
Daiva–Puruṣakāra Discourse and the Elephant-Corps Engagement (भीमगजानीक-सम्भ्रान्ति)
स जघान पदा कांद्रिद् व्याक्षिप्पान्यानपोथयत्
sa jaghāna padā kān cid vyākṣipya anyān apothayat | anyān asiṇā ciccheda anyān ghoraravena trāsayat anyān mahāvegāt pṛthivyāṃ nipātayām āsa ||
三阇耶说道：他以足踏碎一些战士，使其毙命；又将一些抛上空中再摔落；又以利剑斩倒另一些。有人被他可怖的咆哮震慑；有人被他惊人的冲势掷倒在地——此景乃无可遏止的武力横扫战场之写照。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than didactic: it highlights how overwhelming force in war produces death and fear on many fronts—by physical might, weapons, and psychological terror—inviting reflection on the destructive momentum of battle and the human cost implicit in such displays of power.
Sañjaya reports a combatant’s rampage on the battlefield: he kills some by trampling, throws and smashes others, cuts down some with a sword, terrifies others with a fearsome roar, and hurls more to the ground through sheer speed and strength.