ततस्तस्य नरेन्द्रस्य हतशेषाश्च ये नराः । भयार्तास्ते द्रुतं जग्मुः स्वपुरं प्रति दुःखिताः
tatastasya narendrasya hataśeṣāśca ye narāḥ | bhayārtāste drutaṃ jagmuḥ svapuraṃ prati duḥkhitāḥ
Daraufhin liefen die Männer, die nach dem Gemetzel aus des Königs Gefolge übrig geblieben waren, von Furcht gequält und voller Kummer, eilends ihrer eigenen Stadt zu.
Sūta (contextual continuation)
Scene: A small band of battered soldiers and attendants flee along a road toward their city; faces drawn with fear, some looking back; dust trails behind; the city walls loom ahead under a heavy sky.
Collective suffering follows adharmic or ill-fated leadership; Purāṇic stories highlight the social consequences of calamity.
No tīrtha is named in this verse.
None.