Shloka 1
द्रोणकर्णयोः निशि संप्रहारः — Night Engagement with Droṇa and Karṇa
धृतराष्ट्रने पूछा--संजय! उस अवस्थामें कुरुवंशी भूरिश्रवाके मारे जानेपर पुनः: जिस प्रकार युद्ध हुआ, वह मुझे बताओ
dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa pṛṣṭaḥ—sañjaya! us avasthā meṃ kuruvaṃśī bhūriśravā ke māre jāne par punaḥ yathā prakāraṃ yuddha huā, vah mujhe batāo.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra asked: “Sañjaya, after the Kuru prince Bhūriśravā was slain in that condition, tell me how the battle resumed and in what manner it unfolded.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a moral and narrative inquiry: when a warrior is slain under a particular ‘condition’ (avasthā), the listener’s attention turns to the ethical implications and the consequences that follow. It highlights how acts in war—especially controversial ones—reshape the flow of events and intensify questions of dharma.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra asks Sañjaya to describe how the fighting continued after Bhūriśravā, a Kuru warrior, was killed while in a certain state. The king seeks details of the renewed clash and its sequence, indicating that the manner of Bhūriśravā’s death has become a pivotal turning point in the battle’s progression.