Shloka 806
युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya
मुष्टियुद्धे नियुद्धं च देहपाप्मासुनाशनम् । दोनों दलोंके सैनिक एक-दूसरेके केश पकड़कर खींचते
sañjaya uvāca |
muṣṭiyuddhe niyuddhaṃ ca dehapāpmāsunāśanam |
三阇耶说道：“在拳击与近身扭斗之中，战斗成了毁灭躯体、毁灭气息、亦毁灭罪垢之物。两军士卒揪住彼此头发猛拽，以牙撕咬，以甲抓裂，以拳猛击，继而如摔跤者般缠斗不休。于是战场如同阴森的‘净化者’般狂烈——吞噬体力与生命；而在武士的伦理里，这血腥磨难亦被视作焚尽积累恶业的烈火。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames extreme hand-to-hand violence as simultaneously destructive and, within the epic’s warrior worldview, expiatory: battle annihilates the body and life, yet is also portrayed as capable of ‘burning away’ sin through the harsh ordeal of combat and death.
Sañjaya describes the fighting degenerating into brutal close-quarters brawling—hair-pulling, biting, scratching, and punching—so that the battlefield resembles a mass wrestling match, emphasizing the ferocity and intimacy of the slaughter.