Shloka 30
शल्यपर्वणि प्रथमाध्यायः — Karṇa-vadha-anantaraṃ Śalya-niyogaḥ, Saṃjayasya Dhṛtarāṣṭra-nivedanam
धृष्टद्युम्नो महाराज शिखण्डी चापराजित:,“महाराज! नरव्याप्र नरेश! धृष्टद्युम्न, अपराजित वीर शिखण्डी, उत्तमौजा, युधामन्यु, प्रभद्रकगण, पांचाल और चेदिदेशीय योद्धाओंका भी संहार हो गया”
dhṛṣṭadyumno mahārāja śikhaṇḍī cāparājitaḥ | uttamaujā yudhāmanyuḥ prabhadrakagaṇaḥ pañcālāś ca cedideśīyā yodhāś ca saṁhṛtāḥ ||
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে— মহারাজ! ধৃষ্টদ্যুম্ন আৰু অপৰাজিত বীৰ শিখণ্ডী, উত্তমৌজা, যুধামন্যু, প্ৰভদ্ৰকগণ, আৰু পাঁচাল তথা চেদিদেশৰ যোদ্ধাসকল— সকলোৱে ৰণভূমিত নিহত হ’ল।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the devastating, indiscriminate cost of war: even celebrated heroes and whole allied groups perish. It implicitly presses the ethical reflection that victory in adharma-saturated conflict is inseparable from grief, depletion, and moral burden.
Vaiśampāyana reports to the listener-king that major Pāṇḍava-aligned champions—Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Śikhaṇḍī, Uttamaujā, Yudhāmanyu—along with the Prabhadrakas and the warriors of Pāñcāla and Cedi, have been killed, marking a severe turning point in the war’s casualties.