Shloka 30
चुक्ुशु: कर्ण कर्णेति तथा दुर्योधनेति च । उपारमत पाण्डूनां विरता हि वरूथिनी,कौरव सैनिक 'हे कर्ण! हे कर्ण! हे राजा दुर्योधन!” इस प्रकार पुकारते हुए उच्चस्वरसे बोले--“आपलोग युद्ध बंद कर दें; क्योंकि पाण्डव-सेना युद्धसे विरत हो गयी है”
cukruśuḥ karṇa karṇeti tathā duryodhaneti ca | upāramata pāṇḍūnāṃ viratā hi varūthinī ||
Sañjaya said: They cried aloud, “Karṇa! Karṇa!” and also, “O King Duryodhana!” Then they called out in a loud voice, “Cease the fighting, for the Pāṇḍava host has withdrawn from battle.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid war’s momentum, a perceived withdrawal prompts a call to stop—highlighting how restraint, timing, and the recognition of a pause in violence can momentarily surface ethical awareness and strategic recalibration.
Kaurava soldiers (as reported by Sañjaya) loudly call out to Karṇa and King Duryodhana, urging them to halt the battle because the Pāṇḍava forces are said to have ceased fighting/withdrawn.