Shloka 44
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 155 — Ghaṭotkaca-nidhana-śoka and Karṇa-śakti-vyaya
Kṛṣṇa’s strategic reassurance
ततो राजन् महानासीत् संग्रामो भूरिवर्धन: । तावकानां परेषां च समेतानां युयुत्सया,राजन! तदनन्तर युद्धकी इच्छासे एकत्र हुए आपके और शत्रुपक्षके सैनिकोंका महान् संग्राम होने लगा, जिसमें बहुसंख्यक प्राणियोंका संहार हुआ
tato rājan mahān āsīt saṅgrāmo bhūrivardhanaḥ | tāvakānāṃ pareṣāṃ ca sametānāṃ yuyutsayā ||
قال سنجيا: ثم، أيها الملك، قامت معركةٌ عظيمةٌ تتعاظمُ بالقتل، حين التحمَ جنودُك وجيشُ الخصم—وقد اجتمعوا بشهوة القتال—بعضُهم ببعض.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how collective resolve toward conflict (“yuyutsā”) rapidly escalates into a vast battle “swelling” with destruction, implicitly warning that war—once joined by both sides—tends to magnify loss beyond intention, raising ethical reflection on responsibility and restraint.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that, after the preceding events, the Kaurava and Pāṇḍava forces assembled and a great battle erupted between them, marked by intense and expanding carnage.