Shloka 37
कृष्णेन अर्जुनस्य प्रोत्साहनम् — Kṛṣṇa’s Exhortation to Arjuna
Prelude to Karṇa’s Slaying
मेदोमज्जावसामत्तास्तृप्ता मांसस्य चैव ह । धावमाना: सम दृश्यन्ते काकगृध्रबकास्तथा
medomajjāvasā-mattās tṛptā māṁsasya caiva ha | dhāvamānāḥ sama-dṛśyante kāka-gṛdhra-bakās tathā ||
সঞ্জয় বললেন—চর্বি, মজ্জা ও মেদের নেশায় মাতাল এবং মাংসে তৃপ্ত কাক, শকুন ও বক সেখানে দৌড়াতে দৌড়াতে দেখা যাচ্ছিল।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as a stark ethical mirror: war reduces human bodies to carrion, and the ‘victory’ of battle is shown as a feast for scavengers. It warns that adharma-driven violence degrades all participants and turns the field of heroism into a scene of moral and physical ruin.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the gruesome aftermath on the battlefield: scavenger birds, having fed on the slain, are visibly gorged and restless, running about amid the carnage.