Shloka 3
Somaka–Jantu Ākhyāna: Desire-Driven Sacrifice and Shared Karmic Consequence
हा हता: स्मेति वाशन्त्यस्तीव्रशोकसमाहता: । रुदन्त्य: करुणं वापि गृहीत्वा दक्षिणे करे
hā hatāḥ smeti vāśantyastīvrāśokasamāhatāḥ | rudantyaḥ karuṇaṃ vāpi gṛhītvā dakṣiṇe kare
قال لوماشا: وقد صُعِقنَ بحزنٍ نافذٍ موجِع، صِحنَ: «وا حسرتاه! لقد قُتِلنا!» وهنّ يبكين بكاءً مُرًّا، قابضاتٍ (عليه/عليها) بأيديهنّ اليمنى.
लोगमश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the ethical reality that violence produces enduring sorrow for the living; it invites compassion and reflection on the human cost of conflict rather than triumphalism.
Lomaśa describes a scene of intense mourning: women, overwhelmed by grief, cry out that they are ruined and weep piteously while clutching something/someone in the right hand, emphasizing the immediacy of bereavement.