Shloka 34
भीष्मवधाय प्रयाणम् — The Advance toward Bhīṣma and Counter-Engagements
निहतैर्मत्तमातज्ैः शोणितौघपरिप्लुतै: । भूर्भाति भरतश्रेष्ठ पर्वतैराचिता यथा,भरतश्रेष्ठ) मरकर गिरे हुए मतवाले हाथी खूनसे लथपथ हो रहे थे। उनसे ढकी हुई वहाँकी भूमि पर्वतोंसे व्याप्त-सी जान पड़ती थी
sañjaya uvāca |
nihatāir mattamātangaiḥ śoṇitaughapariplutaiḥ |
bhūrbhāti bharataśreṣṭha parvatair ācitā yathā ||
三阇耶说道：噢，婆罗多族中最卓越者，大地被倒毙的发情狂象所覆盖，又为血流的洪涛所浸没，竟仿佛遍布群山。此象更显战争的道德重负：纵使最强悍的生灵也不过化作地上的堆丘，而战场的壮阔从来与其惨痛代价不可分离。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse conveys the stark ethical gravity of war: power and grandeur collapse into devastation, and the battlefield’s ‘mountain-like’ heaps of slain elephants highlight impermanence and the human cost that accompanies martial glory.
Sañjaya describes the Kurukṣetra battlefield to Dhṛtarāṣṭra: many rut-maddened war-elephants have been slain, blood flows in torrents, and the ground looks as though it is covered with mountains because of the piled bodies.