Shloka 79
अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च
Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter
तद् बल॑ भरतश्रेष्ठ वध्यमानं परस्परम् | रुधिरौघपरिक्लिन्नं रुधिरार्द्र बभूव ह
tad balaṁ bharataśreṣṭha vadhyamānaṁ parasparam | rudhiraughapariklinnaṁ rudhirārdrā babhūva ha ||
সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—হে ভৰতশ্ৰেষ্ঠ! সেই বাহিনী পৰস্পৰে বধ কৰি আৰু বধ হ’বলৈ হ’বলৈ ৰক্তধাৰাৰে সিক্ত হৈ পৰিল; সৰ্বাঙ্গে ৰক্তাৰ্দ্ৰ হ’ল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the moral and human cost of war: when combat becomes reciprocal slaughter, the battlefield turns into a scene of pervasive suffering. It implicitly cautions that even ‘dharma-war’ carries grave consequences and demands sober ethical reflection.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the opposing forces are killing each other in close combat, and the entire host has become drenched in blood, emphasizing the intensity and devastation of the fighting.