Shloka 193
Śalya–Bhīma Gadā-saṃnipāta and Śalya’s Bāṇa-jāla against Yudhiṣṭhira
Book 9, Chapter 11
अभ्ययु: कौरवा राजन् पाण्डवानामनीकिनीम् । नरेश्वर! तत्पश्चात् एक साथ संगठित होकर जूझनेवाले दोनों पक्षोंके वीरोंका वह युद्ध बड़ा भयंकर हो गया। राजन! कौरव-योद्धाओंने अपनी सारी सेनाओंको एकत्र करके पाण्डव-सेनापर धावा बोल दिया
sañjaya uvāca | abhyayuḥ kauravā rājan pāṇḍavānām anīkinīm | nareśvara tatpaścāt eka-sātha-saṅghaṭitāḥ yoddhum ubhayapakṣīyā vīrāḥ samare 'tibhayānakaṃ yuddham akurvan | rājan kaurava-yoddhāḥ sarvāḥ senāḥ samāhūya pāṇḍava-senām abhyadhāvan |
三阇耶说道：大王啊，俱卢军向般度军阵发起冲锋。随后，哦人中之主，当两军勇士合拢队列、如同一团铁块般混战之时，战斗变得极其惨烈可怖。大王啊，俱卢诸将汇聚全部兵力，猛然扑向般度大军。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how collective resolve and massed aggression rapidly intensify violence: when both sides consolidate and rush in together, war becomes ‘exceedingly dreadful.’ It implicitly cautions that once conflict is embraced as a total, unified effort, ethical restraint becomes harder to maintain and destruction escalates.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Kauravas, assembling all their forces, launch a charge against the Pandava army. As both sides close ranks and engage in a compact, simultaneous clash, the battle turns extremely fierce and terrifying.