Shloka 127
अध्याय १४८ — कर्णप्रभावः, धृष्टद्युम्नस्य विरथता, तथा घटोत्कच-आह्वानम्
Chapter 148: Karṇa’s Pressure, Dhṛṣṭadyumna Unhorsed, and the Summoning of Ghaṭotkaca
उपासीनस्य तस्याथ कृष्णकेशं सकुण्डलम् | सिन्धुराजस्य मूर्धानमुत्सड़े समपातयत्,संध्योपासनामें बैठे हुए वृद्धक्षत्रके अंकमें उस बाणने सिंधुराज जयद्रथका वह काले केशोंवाला कुण्डलमण्डित मस्तक डाल दिया
upāsīnasya tasyātha kṛṣṇakeśaṃ sakuṇḍalam | sindhurājasya mūrdhānam utsaṅge samapātayat ||
Sañjaya sprach: Dann, als der Greis Vṛddhakṣatra in die Abendverehrung versunken saß, ließ jener Pfeil das Haupt des Sindhu-Königs—Jayadratha—schwarzhaarig und mit Ohrringen geschmückt, in seinen Schoß fallen.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how the outcomes of adharma-driven conflict spill beyond the battlefield, disturbing even spaces of worship and the lives of the uninvolved; it invites reflection on responsibility and the far-reaching moral cost of violence.
Sañjaya narrates that Jayadratha’s severed head—described as black-haired and earring-adorned—falls into the lap of an elderly man (Kṣatravṛddha) who is seated in evening worship, indicating the dramatic fulfillment of the episode surrounding Jayadratha’s death.