Shloka 116
गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह
Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation
अशोचन् पाण्डवास्तत्र क्षत्रियाश्व महारथा:
aśocan pāṇḍavās tatra kṣatriyāśva mahārathāḥ
Sañjaya sprach: Dort trauerten die Pāṇḍavas — große Wagenkrieger, wahre Kṣatriyas. Die Zeile betont den menschlichen Preis der Schlacht: Selbst die Tapfersten und dem Pflichtgesetz (Dharma) Verpflichteten bleiben unberührt vom Schmerz nicht, wenn Verlust und Kriegsfolgen vor ihnen stehen.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when war is framed as kṣatriya-duty, sorrow remains a moral and human reality; the epic highlights that righteousness in action does not erase the suffering caused by violence and loss.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Pāṇḍava side—despite being mighty chariot-warriors—fell into grief at that point in the battle narrative.