Shloka 22
शेतेडसौ शरपूर्णाड़: शत्रुस्ते कुरुपुड्व । तं पश्य पुरुषव्याप्र विभिन्न बहुभि: शरैः
sañjaya uvāca | śete ’sau śara-pūrṇāṅgaḥ śatrus te kuru-puṅgava | taṃ paśya puruṣa-vyāghra vibhinnam bahubhiḥ śaraiḥ ||
Sañjaya said: “O bull among the Kurus, your enemy lies there on the battlefield, his limbs filled with arrows. O tiger among men, look at him—pierced and torn by many shafts.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical gravity of warfare: even when duty demands battle, the outcome is the suffering of embodied beings. The narrator’s focus on the arrow-riddled body frames victory as a sobering consequence rather than mere glory, prompting reflection on dharma and the human cost of conflict.
Sañjaya reports to the Kuru king that the king’s enemy is lying on the battlefield, his body pierced by many arrows, and urges him to look upon that fallen opponent.