Shloka 48
भीष्मस्य मध्याह्नयुद्धवर्णनम् / Mid-day Battle Description: Bhīṣma Engaged by the Pāñcālas
रणे चारूणि चापानि हेमपृष्ठानि मारिष । हतानामपविद्धानि कलापाश्न महाधना:,आर्य! उस रणक्षेत्रमें मारे गये नरेशोंके सुवर्णमय पृष्ठसे विभूषित सुन्दर धनुष तथा बहुमूल्य तरकस जहाँ-तहाँ पड़े हुए थे
raṇe cārūṇi cāpāni hemapṛṣṭhāni māriṣa | hatānām apaviddhāni kalāpāś ca mahādhanāḥ ||
三阇耶说道：“噢，尊者，在那战场上，背面镀金的华美弓弩从阵亡者手中抛落，四散而卧；他们装饰奢丽的箭囊也零落遍地。此景无声宣告战争的代价——当生命与职责被斩断时，荣华与财富尽成无用。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores impermanence and the futility of worldly splendor in the face of death: even exquisite, costly weapons become abandoned objects once their owners fall. It invites reflection on the ethical weight of war and the transient nature of power and wealth.
Sañjaya describes to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the aftermath on the battlefield: beautiful gold-adorned bows and expensive quivers lie scattered, having been dropped or cast aside from the slain warriors, conveying the scale of destruction.