Shloka 453
कर्णस्य दानप्रतिज्ञा–शल्योपदेश–वाक्ययुद्धम्
Karna’s Gift-Vows, Shalya’s Counsel, and the Battle of Words
उभयो: सेनयोरवरिव्याकुलं समपद्यत | महाराज! सामने आये हुए अपने और शत्रुपक्षके योद्धाओंको भी अपने ही पक्षके लोग मार डालते थे। दोनों सेनाओंके वीर मर्यादाशून्य युद्धमें प्रवृत्त हो गये थे
ubhayor senayor arivyākulaṃ samapadyata | mahārāja! sāmane āye hue apane aura śatru-pakṣake yoddhāoṃ ko bhī apane hī pakṣake loga mār ḍālate the | donoṃ senāoṃ ke vīra maryādāśūnya yuddha meṃ pravṛtta ho gaye the |
三阇耶说道：大王啊，两军在敌阵挤压之下尽陷极度混乱。乱军之中，即便战士明明站在眼前——无论己方或敌方——也会被自己人击杀。于是两军豪杰皆坠入无法无度的厮杀，克制与公认的战斗界限尽皆崩塌。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
When warfare loses maryādā (recognized limits and discipline), even one’s own side becomes indistinguishable in the fog of rage and confusion; the collapse of ethical restraint turns battle into indiscriminate destruction.
Sanjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that both armies have become wildly disordered; in the mêlée, combatants are being killed even by their own men, and the fighting has shifted into a ruleless, unrestrained phase.