Shloka 21
अन्योन्यमभिधावन्त: सम्प्रहारं प्रचक्रिरे । नाना प्रकारके अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंकोी छोड़ते और एक-दूसरेकी ओर दौड़ते हुए उभय पक्षके महारथी भीषण युद्ध करने लगे ।। २० ई ।। व्यतिषक्तं महारौद्रं युद्ध भीरुभयावहम्
sañjaya uvāca | anyonyam abhidhāvantaḥ samprahāraṃ pracakrire | vyatiṣaktaṃ mahāraudraṃ yuddhaṃ bhīr-ubhayāvaham ||
三阇耶说道：他们彼此奔突，开始了凶猛的交击。战斗纠缠成团，愈发狂暴可怖，使两军同受惊惧——这正是战争吞噬一切的势头：勇武与职责被宣示，却以相互毁灭的伦理代价为祭。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how war, once joined, rapidly becomes mutually entangling and terrifying: even when framed as kṣatriya-dharma, its lived reality is confusion, fear, and shared suffering—an implicit ethical reminder of the grave cost of violence.
Sañjaya reports that the great warriors of both sides charge at each other, hurling weapons and entering close combat; the fighting becomes densely intermingled and extremely dreadful, spreading fear across both armies.