Shloka 32
अध्याय ५३ — रणमेघोपमा सेना-वर्णना तथा सुषेण-वधोत्तर प्रतिक्रिया
Battle-as-Storm Imagery and the Aftermath of Suṣeṇa’s Fall
तदभूत् तुमुल॑ युद्ध वृष्णिपार्षतयो रणे । आमिषार्थे यथा युद्ध श्येनयो: क्रुद्धयोर्नुप
tad abhūt tumulaṁ yuddhaṁ vṛṣṇipārṣatayor raṇe | āmiṣārthe yathā yuddhaṁ śyenayoḥ kruddhayor nṛpa-nareśvara ||
三阇耶说道：“于是，在那战场上，弗利什尼与帕尔沙塔之间爆发了喧腾的厮杀。大王啊，这情形宛如两只暴怒的鹰为一块肉相争般凶猛——那可怖的决斗就在原野上燃起。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger and desire for a prize can reduce warriors to predatory rivalry, suggesting an ethical warning: when combat is driven by rage and grasping, it mirrors animal struggle rather than disciplined kṣatriya duty.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a fierce duel erupts on the battlefield between the Vṛṣṇi-side warrior Kṛtavarmā and the Pārṣata warrior Dhṛṣṭadyumna, compared to two enraged hawks fighting over flesh.