विशस्त्रकवचाश् चान्ये वाहनेभ्यः क्षितिं गताः ॥
संछिन्ना नेमिषु गता मृदिताश् च हयद्विपैः ॥
क्रोशन्तस् तात पुत्रेति पलायन्तो ऽपरे भयात् ॥
नाभिजानन्ति चान्योन्यं कश्मलाभिहतौजसः ॥
पुत्रान् पितॄन् सखीन् भ्रातॄन् समारोप्य दृढक्षतान् ॥
जलेन क्लेदयन्त्य् अन्ये विमुच्य कवचान्य् अपि ॥
viśastrakavacāś cānye vāhanebhyaḥ kṣitiṃ gatāḥ ||
saṃchinnā nemiṣu gatā mṛditāś ca hayadvipaiḥ ||
krośantas tāta putreti palāyanto 'pare bhayāt ||
nābhijānanti cānyonyaṃ kaśmalābhihataujasaḥ ||
putrān pitṝn sakhīn bhrātṝn samāropya dṛḍhakṣatān ||
jalena kledayanty anye vimucya kavacāny api ||
Some, stripped of weapons and armor, fell from their vehicles to the ground; cut to pieces, caught beneath the wheel-rims, and trampled by horses and elephants. Others, crying "father!", "son!", fled in terror, no longer recognizing one another, their strength struck down by despair. Yet others lifted up their grievously wounded sons, fathers, friends, and brothers, and bathed them with water, even removing their armor.
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Amid the rout something else flares up — cries of "father!", "son!" and care for the wounded, bathed with water. It is significant that even in the chaos of flight the love between kin does not go out: some flee without knowing their own, others stop to save them. The verse teaches that even in the hour of ruin the human heart is still capable of tenderness; and compassion breaking through panic is a reminder that the bonds of love are stronger than fear, wherever blind self-interest has not driven them out.