Shloka 40
अजिशीर्षे प्रातःसंध्यायां संग्रामवर्णनम् / Dawn-Transition Battle at Ajiśīrṣa
Chapter 161
हतैश्न हन्यमानैश्व निष्टनद्धिश्ष सर्वश:
hataiś ca hanyamānaiś ca niṣṭanadbhiḥ sarvaśaḥ
Sañjaya sprach: Nach allen Seiten erhoben sich Schreie und Stöhnen—von den bereits Getroffenen wie von denen, die noch niedergemacht wurden—sodass das Schlachtfeld in alle Richtungen vom Leid widerhallte. Die Zeile betont die moralische Last des Krieges: Sieg ist untrennbar vom allgegenwärtigen Schmerz der Erschlagenen und Sterbenden.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical reality of warfare: beyond strategy and heroism, war produces universal suffering—heard in the cries of both the dead and the dying—inviting reflection on dharma, responsibility, and the human cost of violence.
Sañjaya, reporting the battle to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, describes the battlefield filled on all sides with wails and groans coming from those already slain and those in the process of being slain, conveying the chaos and anguish of the ongoing combat.