Shloka 2
अध्याय ३: कृपस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति नीत्युपदेशः
Kṛpa’s Counsel to Duryodhana
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ााभारत शल्यपर्वमें धृतराष्ट्रका विलापविषयक दूसरा अध्याय पूरा हुआ,निहते सूतपुत्रे तु पाण्डवेन महात्मना । विद्रुतेषु च सैन्येषु समानीतेषु चासकृत्
nihate sūtaputre tu pāṇḍavena mahātmanā | vidruteṣu ca sainyeṣu samānīteṣu cāsakṛt ||
এইদৰে শ্ৰীমহাভাৰতৰ শল্যপৰ্বত ধৃতৰাষ্ট্ৰ-বিলাপবিষয়ক দ্বিতীয় অধ্যায় সমাপ্ত হ’ল। মহাত্মা পাণ্ডৱৰ হাতে সূতপুত্ৰ নিহিত হোৱাৰ পাছত, আৰু সেনাদল বাৰে বাৰে ছত্ৰভংগ হৈ পুনৰ পুনৰ একত্ৰিত কৰা হ’লে, যুদ্ধৰ ধৰ্ম-মানসিক চাপ অধিক ঘোৰ হৈ উঠিল।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war tests dharma not only through individual heroism but through the fragile morale of entire armies: even after a decisive death, forces may collapse into fear and yet be repeatedly reconstituted by leadership—showing the oscillation between despair and duty.
After the killing of the ‘sūtaputra’ (understood as Karṇa) by a Pāṇḍava, the troops scatter in panic; nevertheless, they are gathered and reorganized again and again, indicating continuing conflict and the effort to restore battle order.