Shloka 32
Udyoga Parva 142: Vidura’s warning to Kuntī and Kuntī’s resolve to meet Karṇa
Gaṅgātīra encounter begins
तव चापि मया कृष्ण स्वप्रान्ते रुधिराविला । अन्त्रेण पृथिवी दृष्टा परिक्षिप्ता जनार्दन,“'जनार्दन! श्रीकृष्ण! मैंने स्वप्रके अन्तमें आपकी इस पृथ्वीको भी रक्तसे मलिन और आँतसे लिपटी हुई देखा है
tava cāpi mayā kṛṣṇa svapnānte rudhirāvilā | antreṇa pṛthivī dṛṣṭā parikṣiptā janārdana ||
Sañjaya said: “O Krishna, O Janardana—at the end of my dream I also saw this very earth, smeared with blood and wrapped about with entrails.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as a moral warning: when leaders abandon dharma and pursue conflict, the consequence is not merely victory or defeat but the defilement of the whole world through mass suffering. The gruesome imagery underscores the ethical cost of war and the urgency of restraint and righteous counsel.
Sanjaya reports an ominous dream-vision to Krishna, describing the earth as blood-smeared and entangled with entrails. In the Udyoga Parva context—on the eve of the Kurukshetra war—such visions serve as portents indicating impending large-scale slaughter and calamity.