Shloka 22
Nakula’s Engagement with Citra-sena and Karṇa’s Sons; Śalya Re-stabilizes the Kaurava Host
ऊरुभिश्न नरेन्द्राणां विनिकृत्तैर्महाहवे । हस्तिहस्तोपमैरन्यै: संवृतं तद् रणाड्रणम्,उस महासमरमें कटी हुई नरेशोंकी जाँघें हाथीकी सूँड़ोंके समान प्रतीत होती थीं। उनके द्वारा वह सारा समरांगण पट गया था
ūrubhiś ca narendrāṇāṁ vinikṛttair mahāhave | hastihastopamair anyaiḥ saṁvṛtaṁ tad raṇāṅgaṇam ||
三阇耶说道：在那场大决战中，战场被诸王被斩断的腿股所覆盖——有的宛如象鼻——以致整个战阵之地仿佛被堵塞、被那可怖残骸所充斥。此描写凸显刹帝利争斗的惨重代价，以及失控暴力之后阴冷而去人性的余波。
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as a stark reminder of the catastrophic human cost of war: even kings are reduced to mutilated remains. It implicitly warns that power and status do not protect one from the consequences of violence, and it frames the battle’s outcome as morally and emotionally devastating.
Sañjaya is reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the horrific scene on the battlefield: severed thighs of fallen rulers lie scattered, some compared to elephant trunks, and the ground is so covered that the war-arena appears filled and blocked by them.