Shloka 47
कर्णनिधनश्रवणम् — Hearing of Karṇa’s Fall and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament
मालवा मद्रकाश्रैव द्राविडाश्नोग्रकर्मिण: । यौधेयाश्व ललित्थाशक्ष क्षुद्रका श्चाप्पुशीनरा:
sañjaya uvāca |
mālavā madrakāś caiva drāviḍāś cogra-karmiṇaḥ |
yaudheyāś ca lalitthāś ca kṣudrakāś cāpi uśīnarāḥ ||
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—মালৱ, মদ্ৰক আৰু উগ্ৰ কৰ্ম কৰা দ্ৰাৱিড়; যৌধেয়, ললিত্থ, ক্ষুদ্ৰক আৰু উশীনৰ—এহঁত আৰু আন আন জনপদৰ বাহিনী যুদ্ধৰ ঘনঘটাত নিধনপ্ৰাপ্ত হ’ল। ইয়াত যুদ্ধৰ বহুৰাজ্য বিস্তাৰ আৰু উচ্চাকাঙ্ক্ষাৰ ভয়ংকৰ মূল্য প্ৰকাশ পায়।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war consumes not only individual warriors but entire communities. Ethically, it points to the far-reaching consequences of political rivalry and kṣatriya ambition: countless regional peoples are drawn into a conflict whose scale overwhelms ordinary moral accounting.
Sañjaya lists various peoples and contingents present in the battle and indicates their involvement and devastation in the fighting. It functions as a battlefield catalogue, emphasizing the breadth of forces engaged and the intensity of the slaughter.