Shloka 383
Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 20 — Yudhiṣṭhira–Duryodhana Encounter and Escalation of Arms
सादिश्रि: पत्तिसंघाश्व निहता युधि शेरते । कितने ही घुड़सवार बड़ी उतावलीके साथ पैदल वीरोंके पास जाकर उनके द्वारा मारे गये तथा झुडं-के-झुंड पैदल सैनिक भी घुड़सवारोंकी चोटसे मारे जाकर युद्धस्थलमें सदाके लिये सो गये थे
sādiśriḥ pattisaṅghāśva nihatā yudhi śerate | kitane hī ghuṛasavāra baṛī utāvalīke sātha paidala vīroṅke pāsa jākar unake dvārā māre gaye tathā jhuṇḍa-ke-jhuṇḍa paidala sainik bhī ghuṛasavāroṅkī coṭase māre jākar yuddhasthalameṃ sadāke liye so gaye the |
三阇耶说道：在那一战中，步卒的队列与战马成片倒毙于原野。许多骑兵因鲁莽急躁，冲向步兵阵前，反被步战勇士所斩；而另一方面，成群的步卒也被骑士的猛击击倒，倒在战场上，仿佛永远沉睡于此。此景凸显战争的相互毁灭：急躁与侵凌很快便化作覆亡之因。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights the tragic reciprocity of violence in war: rash haste and aggressive advance lead swiftly to destruction, reminding the listener of impermanence and the grave moral weight carried by warriors even when acting within the frame of kshatriya-duty.
Sanjaya describes the battlefield where slain horses, infantry, and cavalry lie scattered. Some horsemen, charging impetuously toward foot-soldiers, are killed by them; elsewhere, groups of infantry are cut down by cavalry blows, leaving the field strewn with the dead.