Shloka 61
Śalya-hatānantarāṇi: Madrarāja-padānugānāṃ praskandana and the Pandava counter-encirclement (शल्यहतानन्तराणि—मद्रराजपदानुगानां प्रस्कन्दनम्)
ततः: शल्ये निपतिते मद्रराजानुजो युवा
tataḥ śalye nipatite madrarājānujo yuvā
Dijo Sañjaya: Entonces, cuando Śalya hubo caído, avanzó el joven hermano del rey de Madra (Śalya)—señal del siguiente giro en la sombría sucesión de la batalla, donde el parentesco y el deber empujan a los guerreros a ocupar el lugar del caído.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kṣatriya-world’s harsh ethic: when a leader falls, duty and clan loyalty compel another—often a close relative—to step forward, showing how war turns familial bonds into obligations that perpetuate violence.
Sañjaya reports that Śalya has fallen in battle, and immediately a young man—identified as the younger brother of the Madra king (Śalya)—moves into the foreground, indicating the next combatant’s emergence after Śalya’s defeat.