Shloka 29
अध्याय १५९ — रात्रौ श्रमविरामः
Night Exhaustion and Brief Pause in Battle
अभीषाहाउुछूरसेनान् बाह्लीकान् सवसातिकान् | निकृत्य पृथिवीं राजा चक्रे शोणितकर्दमाम्,अभीषाह, सूरसेन, बाह्नीक और वसातिदेशीय योद्धाओंको नष्ट करके राजा युधिष्ठिरने इस भूतलपर रक्तकी कीच मचा दी
sañjaya uvāca | abhīṣāhā ucchūrasenān bāhlīkān savasātikān | nikṛtya pṛthivīṁ rājā cakre śoṇita-kardamām ||
قال سنجيا: بعدما قطع يودهيشتيرا الأبهِيصاهة والأُتشّوراسينا والباهليكة ومحاربي إقليم فَسَاتي، جعل الأرض وحلًا من الدم.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral gravity of war: even a righteous king, acting within kṣatriya-duty, can be driven to actions that transform the world into a scene of horror. It invites reflection on dharma under extreme circumstances and the human cost that accompanies victory.
Sañjaya reports that Yudhiṣṭhira, in the thick of battle, has slain multiple groups of enemy warriors—Abhīṣāhas, Ucchūrasenas, Bāhlīkas, and Vasāti fighters—so extensively that the battlefield ground is described as becoming a mire of blood.