Shloka 31
अधर्माद् भीमसेनेन निहतो<हं यथा रणे । सोऊ हं द्रोणं स्वर्गगतं कर्णशल्यावुभौ तथा
adharmād bhīmasenena nihato ’haṃ yathā raṇe | so ’haṃ droṇaṃ svargagataṃ karṇaśalyāv ubhau tathā ||
Sañjaya said: “In battle I was slain by Bhīmasena through an unrighteous act. Thus I have come to behold Droṇa who has gone to heaven, and likewise both Karṇa and Śalya.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the moral dimension of warfare: even in a battlefield context, actions can be judged as dharmic or adharmic, and the speaker frames his own death as resulting from adharma, highlighting accountability and ethical evaluation beyond mere victory.
Sañjaya reports that he was killed by Bhīmasena in a manner he deems unrighteous, and he then speaks of encountering (or beholding) great fallen warriors—Droṇa, and also Karṇa and Śalya—who are described as having gone to heaven.