शरशक्त्यर्दिताः क्लान्ता रात्रिमूढाल्पचेतसः ॥
विष्टभ्य सर्वगात्राणि व्यतिष्ठन् गजवाजिनः ॥
संशुष्कवदना वीराः शिरोभिश् चारुकुण्डलैः ॥
युद्धोपकरणैश् चान्यैस् तत्र तत्र प्रकाशितैः ॥
क्रव्यादसंघैर् आकीर्णं मृतैर् अर्धमृतैर् अपि ॥
नासीद् रथपथस् तत्र सर्वम् आयोधनं प्रति ॥
मज्जत्सु चक्रेषु रथान् सत्त्वम् आस्थाय वाजिनः ॥
कथं चिद् अवहञ् श्रान्ता वेपमानाः शरार्दिताः ॥
कुलसत्त्वबलोपेता वाजिनो वारणोपमाः ॥
śaraśaktyarditāḥ klāntā rātrimūḍhālpacetasaḥ ||
viṣṭabhya sarvagātrāṇi vyatiṣṭhan gajavājinaḥ ||
saṃśuṣkavadanā vīrāḥ śirobhiś cārukuṇḍalaiḥ ||
yuddhopakaraṇaiś cānyais tatra tatra prakāśitaiḥ ||
kravyādasaṃghair ākīrṇaṃ mṛtair ardhamṛtair api ||
nāsīd rathapathas tatra sarvam āyodhanaṃ prati ||
majjatsu cakreṣu rathān sattvam āsthāya vājinaḥ ||
kathaṃ cid avahañ śrāntā vepamānāḥ śarārditāḥ ||
kulasattvabalopetā vājino vāraṇopamāḥ ||
Tormented by arrows and spears, exhausted, stupefied by the night, barely conscious, straining all their limbs, the elephants and horses stood; the heroes with parched faces, with heads in beautiful earrings, and with other implements of war scattered everywhere, [the field] strewn with hosts of carrion-eaters, with the dead and the half-dead — there was no path there for chariots over the whole battlefield. When the wheels sank, the horses, having summoned their strength, somehow drew the chariots on, exhausted, trembling, tormented by arrows.
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The field is so choked with bodies and gear that there is no path for chariots; horses sink in blood, dragging them on "having summoned their strength." It is telling that even animals show courage, sattva, overcoming exhaustion. The verse teaches that valor is not proper to humans alone: a faithful horse, trembling and wounded, pulls the chariot with its last strength; and in this mute steadfastness of the dumb creature there is both a reproach and an example to the man for whose quarrel they perish.