Shloka 11
भीमसेन–अलायुधयुद्धम् / Bhīmasena and Alāyudha: Night Engagement and Command Responses
तदनन्तर वहाँ उसने कौरवोंके महान् संहारका वह सारा समाचार कहा और यह भी बताया कि शत्रु विजयी हो रहे हैं और महाराज धृतराष्ट्रके सभी पुत्र विपत्तिके समुद्रमें डूब रहे हैं
tadanantaraṁ tatra sa kauravāṇāṁ mahāsaṁhārasya tat sarvaṁ samācāraṁ jagāda; etad api nyavedayat—śatravaḥ vijayino bhavanti, mahārājasya dhṛtarāṣṭrasya sarve putrā vipatti-samudre nimajjanti.
Thereafter, in that very place, he reported in full the tidings of the great slaughter of the Kauravas. He also made it known that the enemy was gaining victory, and that all the sons of King Dhṛtarāṣṭra were sinking into an ocean of calamity.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the war’s outcome as a moral and political consequence: when power is pursued through adharma, the result is not merely defeat but an engulfing calamity that consumes an entire lineage—symbolized by ‘sinking in an ocean of disaster.’
Sañjaya continues his battlefield report to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, conveying comprehensive news of the Kauravas’ heavy losses and stating that the opposing side is prevailing, while Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s sons are being overwhelmed by misfortune.