Shloka 15
आत्मदोष-उपदेशः तथा भीम-धृष्टद्युम्नयोः संयोगः
Self-Causation Counsel and the Bhīma–Dhṛṣṭadyumna Convergence
भरतश्रेष्ठ)! बाणोंकी वर्षासे पीड़ित हुए आपके और पाण्डवोंके हाथी उस युद्धमें चिग्घाड़ मचा रहे थे ।। संरब्धानां च वीराणां धीराणाममितौजसाम् | धनुर्ज्यातलशब्देन न प्राज्ञायत किंचन
bharataśreṣṭha! bāṇavarṣābhipīḍitāḥ tava pāṇḍavānāṃ ca hastinaḥ tasmin yuddhe cikghāraṃ pracakruḥ || saṃrabdhānāṃ ca vīrāṇāṃ dhīrāṇām amitaujasām | dhanurjyātalaśabdena na prājñāyata kiṃcana ||
三阇耶说道：噢，婆罗多中最卓越者啊，你方与般度婆一方的大象，被箭雨击中、痛苦折磨，在战场上发出可怖的喧嚣。及至那些决然的英雄——沉着而威力无量——逼近交锋时，弓弦的轰鸣与弓身拍击臂甲的声响淹没了一切；在那咆哮之中，什么也听不真切。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the overwhelming, dehumanizing intensity of war: even the senses fail amid the roar of weapons and the suffering of animals. It implicitly invites ethical reflection on the cost of kṣatriya conflict—valor and resolve are present, yet the battlefield becomes a place where clarity and ordinary perception collapse.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that elephants on both sides, wounded by continuous arrow-fire, are trumpeting loudly. At the same time, the warriors—fierce, steady, and powerful—are shooting so intensely that the combined noise of bowstrings and bow-hand impacts makes it impossible to distinguish anything clearly.