Shloka 53
अध्याय १ — न्यग्रोधवनोपवेशनम् तथा द्रौणिनिश्चयः
Night at the Banyan and Drauṇi’s Resolve
परिश्रान्ते विदीर्णे वा भुज्जाने वापि शत्रुभि:
pariśrānte vidīrṇe vā bhujjāne vāpi śatrubhiḥ
Sañjaya sprach: „Ob er erschöpft war, oder verwundet und zerrissen, oder gar von Feinden hart bedrängt…“
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The line underscores the vulnerability of a warrior in battle—fatigue, injury, and being overwhelmed by foes—setting an ethical backdrop for later actions in the Sauptika narrative, where the contrast between open combat and night-time violence becomes morally significant.
Sañjaya is describing a combat situation in which a person (contextually, a warrior being spoken about) may be exhausted, wounded, or hard-pressed by enemies—part of a continuing account of events leading into the grim night-episode of the Sauptika Parva.