Shloka 36
द्रोणस्य सुपर्णव्यूहः — युधिष्ठिरप्रत्यव्यूहः
Droṇa’s Suparṇa Formation and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Counter-array
ते वध्यमाना: पार्थेन व्याकुलाश्न रथद्विपा: । तमेवाभिमुखा: क्षीणा: शक्रस्यातिथितां गता:,अर्जुनके द्वारा मारे जाते हुए रथ और हाथी व्याकुल होकर उन्हींकी ओर मुँह करके प्राणत्याग करनेके कारण इन्द्रलोकके अतिथि हो गये
te vadhyamānāḥ pārthena vyākulāś ca rathadvipāḥ | tam evābhimukhāḥ kṣīṇāḥ śakrasyātithitāṃ gatāḥ ||
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—পার্থে বধ কৰি থাকোঁতে ৰথী আৰু গজসেনা ব্যাকুল হৈ কেৱল তেওঁৰ দিশেই মুখ কৰি থাকিল; ক্ষীণ হৈ তেওঁৰ সন্মুখতেই প্ৰাণ ত্যাগ কৰিলে—আৰু শক্র (ইন্দ্ৰ)ৰ স্বৰ্গত অতিথি হ’ল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse reflects the epic’s martial ethic: in righteous warfare, meeting death while facing the foe—without fleeing—is idealized as a valorous end, symbolically rewarded as entry into Indra’s heaven.
Sañjaya describes Arjuna’s overwhelming assault: enemy chariot and elephant units, panicked and weakened, still turn toward Arjuna as they fall, dying in his very presence and thus being poetically said to become ‘guests of Indra’ in heaven.