Shloka 5
Chapter 23: Śakuni Reports, Kaurava Advance, and Arjuna’s Penetration of the Host
आपके और शत्रुओंके योद्धाओंका वह युद्ध देवासुर-संग्रामके समान भयंकर था। उस समय शत्रुओंकी अथवा आपकी सेनामें भी कोई युद्धसे विमुख नहीं होता था ।।
anumānena yudhyante saṃjñābhiś ca parasparam | teṣāṃ kṣayo mahān āsīd yudhyatām itaretaram ||
三阇耶说道：“他们凭借手势与揣度彼此交战，在那可怖的战场上继续厮杀——如同诸天与阿修罗的冲撞。两军之中，无论你方还是敌方，无一人背离战斗；而当他们不息相击之时，彼此的毁灭便变得极其巨大。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war rapidly becomes a realm of confusion where fighters act on signals and guesswork, yet remain bound by martial resolve; the ethical undertone is the tragic inevitability of massive loss once collective violence is fully unleashed.
Sañjaya describes an intensely chaotic phase of the battle in which both sides continue fighting without retreat; amid noise and disorder they coordinate by signs and inference, and the mutual fighting results in heavy casualties.