Shloka 10
शल्यश्रातर्यथारुग्णे बहुशस्तस्य सैनिका: । कुलाधिवासनामानि श्रावयन्तो<र्जुनात्मजम्
śalyaśātrair yathārugṇe bahuśastasya sainikāḥ | kulādhivāsanāmāni śrāvayanto 'rjunātmajam ||
Sañjaya sprach: Wie Pfleger die Namen eines Kranken rufen, der von vielen Waffen durchbohrt ist, so riefen die Soldaten—unter Ausrufen ihrer Sippen- und Ahnenlinien—unablässig nach Arjunas Sohn; ein Bild dafür, wie im Chaos des Krieges Identität und Sippenpflicht als letzter Halt beschworen werden, wenn das Leben entgleitet.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how, in extreme suffering and the moral disorientation of war, people cling to lineage and communal identity (kula-nāma) as a final anchor—suggesting both the power and the limits of social-dharmic markers when confronted with death.
Sañjaya describes the battlefield scene around Arjuna’s son Abhimanyu: soldiers are loudly calling out clan and ancestral names, likened to attendants addressing a grievously wounded patient, emphasizing Abhimanyu’s peril and the surrounding confusion and lament.