Shloka 6
युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya
एवं योधशतान्याजौ सहस्राण्ययुतानि च । हतानीयुर्महीं देहैर्यशसा पूरयन् दिश:
evaṁ yodhaśatāny ājau sahasrāṇy ayutāni ca | hatānīyur mahīṁ dehair yaśasā pūrayan diśaḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “Thus, on the battlefield, hundreds of warriors—indeed thousands and tens of thousands—were being slain; and the earth was covered with bodies, while the quarters were filled with the fame of those who fell.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse juxtaposes the grim reality of mass death with the pursuit of yaśas (renown) in kṣatriya warfare, highlighting both the impermanence of the body and the moral tension between duty-driven valor and the devastation it produces.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the fighting has become extraordinarily intense: vast numbers of warriors are falling, the ground is strewn with corpses, and the fame of the combatants is said to spread in all directions through their deeds in battle.