Shloka 46
कर्णभीमयुद्धम्
Karna–Bhīma Combat Report
हतो राजा हतो राजा भारद्वाजेन मारिष
hato rājā hato rājā bhāradvājena māriṣa
قال سَنْجَايَا: «قُتِلَ الملكُ—قُتِلَ الملكُ—يا أيها النبيل، على يدِ ابنِ بهارَدْفاجا». وكان هذا النداءُ يحمل صدمةَ موتٍ مفصليٍّ في الحرب؛ فسقوطُ الحاكم لا يُعَدُّ حدثًا تكتيكيًّا فحسب، بل شرخًا أخلاقيًّا وسياسيًّا يزيد الحزنَ والخوفَ وإحساسَ العاقبةِ التي لا رجعةَ فيها.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how the death of a ruler in war is not only a battlefield outcome but a moral and social turning point: it magnifies collective suffering and signals the heavy, irreversible consequences that adharma-driven violence can unleash.
Sanjaya reports, with emphatic repetition, that “the king” has been killed, and attributes the killing to “the son of Bharadvāja” (a lineage-epithet). The repeated announcement functions like a battlefield proclamation, underscoring the enormity of the event and its immediate psychological impact.