Shloka 73
Chapter 23: Śakuni Reports, Kaurava Advance, and Arjuna’s Penetration of the Host
संघातेनासन भ्रष्टैर श्वारोहैर्गतासुभि: । हया: परिपतन्ति सम शतशो5थ सहसत्रश:,शत्रुओंके आघातसे प्राणशून्य होकर आसनसे भ्रष्ट हुए अश्वारोहियोंके साथ सैकड़ों और हजारों घोड़े धराशायी होने लगे
saṅghātenāsanabhraṣṭair aśvārohīr gatāsubhiḥ | hayāḥ paripatanti sma śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ ||
三阇耶说道：在密集的冲击中，骑士们被成片击倒——气绝身亡，坠离鞍座；与他们一同倒下的，还有战马，先是成百，继而成千。此景昭示战争无情的势头：技艺与勇武被纯粹的暴力吞没，战争的代价以刹那熄灭的生命来衡量。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the stark ethical cost of war: in the crush of combat, life is extinguished en masse, reminding the listener that martial glory is inseparable from widespread suffering and impermanence.
Sanjaya reports that due to heavy enemy blows, cavalry riders are killed and unseated, and horses collapse alongside them—so many that they fall in hundreds and thousands.