Shloka 11
उद्योगपर्व — अध्याय १४१: कर्ण–कृष्णसंवादः, उत्पात-स्वप्न-लक्षणानि
Karna–Krishna Dialogue: Omens and Dream-Signs
प्रभिन्नमिव मातड़ुं प्रतिद्विरदघातिनम् । न तदा भविता त्रेता न कृतं द्वापरं न च
sañjaya uvāca | prabhinnam iva mātaṅgaṁ pratidviradaghātinam | na tadā bhavitā tretā na kṛtaṁ dvāparaṁ na ca ||
桑阇耶说道：“如同发情狂奔、挣脱束缚的雄象，专杀对阵之象；当你看见大力的怖军饮尽杜沙萨那之血后起舞，又如象王涌流象膏（ichor）般碾碎敌方象军之阵时，你将觉得诸纪元已然崩塌：不复有克利多纪，不复有特雷塔纪，甚至也不复有德瓦帕罗纪。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames extreme battlefield vengeance as a sign of moral disorientation: when violence reaches a terrifying pitch, the listener feels as if the ordered distinctions of the yugas (and their dharmic standards) no longer hold. It underscores how adharma-driven conflict can make society experience a collapse of ethical bearings.
Sañjaya, foretelling the war’s horrors, describes Bhīma’s ferocity—especially the vowed act of drinking Duḥśāsana’s blood—and compares him to a must-streaming, rampaging elephant that smashes the enemy’s elephant forces. The image is meant to overwhelm Dhṛtarāṣṭra (the implied listener) with the inevitability and dread of the coming carnage.