Shloka 8
कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५९
Arjuna Breaks the Encirclement; Bhīma Reinforces
एते बहुत्वात्त्वरिता: पुनर्गच्छन्ति पाण्डवम् । समुद्रमिव वार्योघा: प्रावृट्काले महारथा:
ete bahutvāt tvaritāḥ punar gacchanti pāṇḍavam | samudram iva vāryoghāḥ prāvṛṭ-kāle mahārathāḥ ||
三阇耶说道：“这些大车战士因众多之势，又急速奔向般度之子——如雨季水流暴涨，洪涛奔涌直入大海。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how numerical strength and collective momentum can propel a force into swift, repeated aggression—like monsoon torrents—suggesting that in war, mass impulse often overrides reflection, increasing the ethical and karmic burden of violence.
Sañjaya reports that the Kaurava great warriors, emboldened by their numbers, surge once more toward the Pāṇḍava leader (contextually Yudhiṣṭhira), advancing rapidly like rain-swollen streams rushing to the sea.