Shloka 1
द्रोणपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः (Droṇa Parva, Chapter 15): युधिष्ठिर-रक्षा तथा अर्जुनस्य शरवृष्टिः
नफमशा (0) असऔ मनन पज्चदशो< ध्याय: शल्यके साथ भीमसेनका युद्ध तथा शल्यकी पराजय धृतराष्ट्र रवाच बहूनि सुविचित्राणि द्वन्द्ययुद्धानि संजय । त्वयोक्तानि निशम्माहं स्पृहयामि सचक्षुषाम्,धृतराष्ट्र बोले--संजय! तुमने बहुत-से अत्यन्त विचित्र द्वन्द्ययुद्धोंका वर्णन किया है, उनकी कथा सुनकर मैं नेत्रवाले लोगोंके सौभाग्यकी स्पृहा करता हूँ
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | bahūni suvicitrāṇi dvandvayuddhāni sañjaya | tvayoktāni niśamyāhaṃ spṛhayāmi sacakṣuṣām ||
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Sañjaya, you have described many exceedingly wondrous single combats. Hearing your account, I find myself longing for the good fortune of those who still possess sight.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral irony of war as spectacle: Dhṛtarāṣṭra, blind and bound by attachment, hears of heroic duels and envies the sighted—suggesting that mere seeing (or hearing) of battle is not wisdom, and that fascination with violence can coexist with inner blindness.
Within the frame dialogue, Dhṛtarāṣṭra responds to Sañjaya’s ongoing battlefield report. He remarks that Sañjaya has recounted many astonishing one-on-one combats and confesses his yearning to be among those who can actually see these events.