ताडितास् ताड्यमानाश् च तोमरर्ष्टिपरश्वधैः ॥
पेतुर् आर्तस्वरं कृत्वा तदा विशसने गजाः ॥
तेषां शैलोपमैः कायैर् निपतद्भिः समन्ततः ॥
आहता सहसा भूमिश् चकम्पे च ननाद च ॥
सादितैः सगजारोहैः सपताकैः समन्ततः ॥
मातङ्गैः शुशुभे भूमिर् विकीर्णैर् इव पर्वतैः ॥
tāḍitās tāḍyamānāś ca tomararṣṭiparaśvadhaiḥ ||
petur ārtasvaraṃ kṛtvā tadā viśasane gajāḥ ||
teṣāṃ śailopamaiḥ kāyair nipatadbhiḥ samantataḥ ||
āhatā sahasā bhūmiś cakampe ca nanāda ca ||
sāditaiḥ sagajārohaiḥ sapatākaiḥ samantataḥ ||
mātaṅgaiḥ śuśubhe bhūmir vikīrṇair iva parvataiḥ ||
Smiting and being smitten by darts, blades, and axes, the elephants collapsed, letting out a wail of anguish, then in that carnage. From their bodies, like mountains, collapsing everywhere, the earth, shaken at once, shuddered and rumbled. Strewn everywhere with fallen elephants -- together with their riders, with their banners -- the earth presented a sight, just as if with scattered mountains.
dcc33dc5e555 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 3:00:04 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The fall of mountain-like bodies shakes the very earth, and it "shudders and rumbles" -- as though nature itself answers the carnage with a groan. A field strewn with fallen elephants, like mountains, reveals the enormity of the catastrophe: it is not a single life that collapses, but, as it were, pieces of creation itself. It is telling that the earth here is not indifferent -- it trembles and moans, bearing on itself the burden of spilled blood. The verse teaches that human enmity shakes not only people but the whole compass of living things, down to the ground beneath their feet; that violence answers with a tremor throughout all creation; and that wise is the one who hears in this rumble of the earth a rebuke -- a reminder that war wounds not only those who fight, but the very abode of all that lives.